Candice Lee Goucher 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.[1] Her previous post was as Chair of the Black Studies department at Portland State University, Oregon.[2]

Goucher 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.[2]

She was one of two lead scholars involved in a 26-part video and online course Bridging World History.[3]

Her 2014 book Congotay! Congotay! A Global History of Caribbean Food (Routledge, 2014) won the Gourmand Award for "Best Book on Caribbean Food (National Category)" for 2016.[4]

She is on the editorial board of the seven-volume Cambridge World History,[2] and co-edited its volume 2: A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE–500 CE (2015) with Graeme Barker.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Candice L. Goucher". History: Faculty. Washington State University. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dr. Candice Goucher". Campus directory. Washington State University. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "About the course: Advisory Board". Bridging World History. Annenberg Learner. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Candice Goucher's book wins 2016 Gourmand Award". Washington State University. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Cambridge World History Volume 2". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 18 February 2016.


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