Dr. Jesse W. Bucher
Assistant ProfessorDepartment: History
Office: 315 Bank Building
Phone: 375-2049
bucher@roanoke.edu
Degrees:
B.A., The College of New Jersey
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Research & Teaching Interests:
Modern Africa, South Africa, East Africa, World History, Post-Colonial Studies
Scholarly Activities:
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Programme on the Study of the Humanities in Africa, Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, 2011
Extracurricular:
Coordinator, Africana Studies Concentration
African Music Club
Recent Publications:
'The Possibility of Care: Medical Ethics and the Death of Steve Biko,' in Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2012
Recent Presentations:
'Law and Liberation in Steve Biko’s SASO/BPC Testimony,'African Literature Association, 2013
'Care, Recovery, and the Politics of Transition in South Africa,' Africana Studies Lecture, Bard College, 2012
Available as a Media resource for the following topics:
South African history and politics.
Willing to speak to professional, social or civic groups on:
South African history and politics.
