Rachel Jean-Baptiste

Bio

Ph.D., Stanford University
M.A., Stanford University
A.B., Bryn Mawr College

Rachel Jean-Baptiste is a historian of 20th and 21st century French-speaking Central and West Africa and the Atlantic world. Her research interests include the histories of: marriage and family law; gender and sexuality; racial thought and multiracial identities; urban history; citizenship. Jean-Baptiste is currently researching the history of women, slavery, and urban history in Haiti and the French-speaking Atlantic world.

Academic Appointments

• Professor, History
• Professor, African and African American Studies

Administrative Appointments

• Faculty Director, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program (2023 - Present)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

• Co-President, Coordinating Council for Women in History (2021 - 2024)
• Editorial Board, Gender and History (2022 - Present)
• Board Member, African Studies Association (2022 - Present)

2024-25 Courses

• History of West Africa
  HISTORY 246A, HISTORY 346A (Spr)
• Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  AMSTUD 107, CSRE 108, FEMGEN 101, TAPS 108 (Aut)
• Slavery, Africa, and the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds
  HISTORY 446A (Aut)
• Slavery, Africa, and the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds
  HISTORY 446B (Win)
• Independent Studies (1)
  • Honors Work
    FEMGEN 105 (Aut, Win, Sum)
• Prior Year Courses

  2023-24 Courses

  • Gender and Sexuality in African History
    AFRICAAM 247, FEMGEN 247, FEMGEN 347, HISTORY 247, HISTORY 347 (Spr)
  • Graduate Workshop: Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
    ARTHIST 499, FEMGEN 299 (Aut)
  • Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
    AMSTUD 107, CSRE 108, FEMGEN 101, TAPS 108 (Spr)

Stanford Advisees

• Doctoral (Program)
  Lucy Stark