As a teacher, I give students the tools to be develop informed historical narratives . Through student-led discussions, inclusive pedagogy, and publicly-engaged assignments, I show students that the past does not belong to any one group or individual, but to everyone.

Courses Taught at Princeton University

• Building African Cities: Past and Present
• African Urban History

Courses Taught at the University of Chicago

• Home and Empire: From Little House on the Prairie to Refugee Camps (Received the 2021 Wayne C. Booth Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Teaching for this course)
• African Migration to Europe in Historical Perspectives
• The Sacred City: Paris’s Religious Landscape

Princeton University students meeting representatives from the Association Sénégalas d’Amerique (Senegalese Association of America) in Harlem’s “Little Senegal” (April 22, 2023)