Jean Frances Herskovits

Background

Herskovits, Jean Frances was born on May 20, 1935 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Melville Jean and Frances (Shapiro) Herskovits.

Education

Bachelor in History, Swarthmore College, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1960.

Career

Also taught at Brown University, Swarthmore College, City College of the City University of New York and Columbia University. She holds a Doctorate. Philosophy. in African history from Oxford University. Jean Frances was born in Evanston, Illinois on May 20, 1935 to anthropologist Melville J. and Frances Shapiro.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College in 1956, and her Doctor of Philosophy. from Oxford University in 1960, writing her dissertation on freed slaves who returned to Africa and the Lagos Colony.

Jean taught at Brown University, Swarthmore College, The City College of New York, and Columbia University. She has been a professor at the State University of New York, Purchase, New York since 1977.

" thesis, "A Preface to Modern Nigeria: The Sierra Leonians in Yoruba, was written on a 1958 research trip to Nigeria and published in 1965. She was a director of United Bank for Africa from 1998 to 2005 where she also chaired the Board of Trustees of the UBA Foundation.

She has written many articles about Nigeria in publications such as Foreign Policy and the New York Times.

Achievements

• Jean Frances Herskovits has been listed as a noteworthy Historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Nigeria, power and democracy in Africa
  • Nigeria: Power and Democracy in Africa -- Foreign Policy Association Headline Series, No. 257 - January / February 1982
  • Nigeria: Power and Democracy in Africa (Headline Series)

Membership

Co-chair Columbia University Faculty Seminar on Africa, 1975-1976. National screening committee Fulbright American Graduate Student Program for Africa, 1981, 82, 89. Committee of associates Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library., since 1992.

Chairman international advisory council Shhu Shagan Institute for Leadership and Good Governance, since 1995. Chairman board trustees United Bank for Africa Foundation, since 2003. Member Near East Foundation (board directors since 1980), African Studies Association (board directors 1973-1976), American History Association (Robert Livingstone Schuyler prize committee 1971-1976), Council on Foreign Relations.

Connections

Married John Corry, January 5, 2005.

Father:

Melville Jean Herskovits

Mother:

Frances (Shapiro) Herskovits

Spouse:

John Corry