Gloria I. Chuku

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Associate Professor of History
Affiliation	Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
Email	gchuku@morgan.edu
Mailing Address	Department of History and Geography Morgan State University Holmes Hall 326 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane Baltimore, Maryland 21251 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 443-885-1792 fax: 443-885-8227
Countries of Specialization	Nigeria
Research Interests	Igbo and Nigerian women in economic and rural development; Nigerian women and colonial experience; African women in resistance movements; Igbo women and the trans-Atlantic slave trade; and women in war economies. Currently working on a manuscript on the role of Igbo women in the economic transformation of southeastern Nigeria.
Teaching Interests	Teaching courses in African History including Women in African History; Intoduction to African Diaspora; and Women in African Diaspora.
Publications	None on file.
Keywords	Igbo ; diaspora ; women ; trans-Atlantic slave trade ; colonial experience.