Margaret Jean Hay

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Associate Professor of History
Affiliation	Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Email	jhay@bu.edu
Mailing Address	African Studies Publications Director African Studies Center Boston University 270 Bay State Road Boston, Massachusetts 02215 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 617-353-7306 fax: 617-353-4975
Countries of Specialization	Kenya
Research Interests	As a long-term scholar, I remain interested in African social and economic history, particularly African women's history and the history of clothing.
Teaching Interests	I teach African history at Boston University and I am publications director of the African Studies Center, also editor of the International Journal of African Historical Studies, published here since 1968.
Publications	My most recent publication is "Changes in clothing and Struggles over Identity in Colonial Western Kenya," forthcoming in Jean Allman, ed., Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress. (Indiana University Press, expected 2004).
Keywords	African history ; social history ; economic history ; African women ; clothing.