Brett L. Shadle, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Northwestern, 2000)

Areas of Specialization: Africa - gender, legal, social, colonialism
Current Research: sexual violence in Kenya, c. 1880s-2006
Recent Publications:
•'Girl Cases': Marriage Disputes and Colonialism in Gusiiland, Kenya (published in 2006)
•”African Court Elders in Nyanza Province, Kenya,” c. 1930 - 1960. In Intermediaries, Interpreters and Clerks: African Employees and the Making of Colonial Africa, edited by Benjamin Lawrance, Emily Lynn Osborn, and Richard Roberts. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.
•”Bridewealth and Female Consent: Marriage Disputes in African Courts, Gusiiland, Kenya.” Journal of African History 44 (2003): 241-62.