Matthew Heaton, Assistant Professor, (Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 2008)

Areas of Specialization: Africa - global, transnational, health and migration: Mental illness and Nigerian migrants, 20th c.
Current Research: Mental illness and Nigerian migrants, 20th c.
Recent Publications:
• A History of Nigeria. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008. By Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton
• Globalization, Health and the Hajj: The West African Pilgrimage Scheme, 1919-1938,” in HIV/AIDS, Illness, and African Well-Being, ed. Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2007: 243-67.
• Global Explanations versus Local Interpretations: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 in Africa,” History in Africa 33 (2006): 155-78. By Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton