Candice Goucher
American historian
Candice Lee Goucher (born 1953) is an American historian. She is Professor of History and co-director of the Collective for Social and Environmental Justice at Washington State University, United States. She specialises in world history, African history, Caribbean history and the history of food. Her previous post was as Chair of the Black Studies department at Portland State University, Oregon.
Early life and education
Goucher was born in 1953. She has a master's degree in Art history and archeology from Columbia University and a Ph.D. (1984) in African history from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Career
Goucher was one of two lead scholars involved in a 26-part video and online course Bridging World History. She is on the editorial board of the seven-volume Cambridge World History, and co-edited its volume 2: A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE–500 CE (2015) with Graeme Barker.
Her 2014 book Congotay! Congotay!
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