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| Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt
BIOGRAPHY Elizabeth Schmidt is professor of history at Loyola College in Maryland. She received her Ph.D. in African history, masters degrees in African history and in comparative world history, and Certificate in African Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her books include: Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958 (Ohio University Press, 2007); Mobilizing the Masses: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Nationalist Movement in Guinea, 1939-1958 (Heinemann, 2005); Peasants, Traders, and Wives: Shona Women in the History of Zimbabwe, 1870-1939 (Heinemann; James Currey; Baobab, 1992); Decoding Corporate Camouflage: U.S. Business Support for Apartheid (Institute for Policy Studies, 1980); and Religious Private Voluntary Organizations and the Question of Government Funding, Elizabeth Schmidt (primary author), Jane Blewett, and Peter Henriot, S.J. (Orbis Books, 1981). Her 2007 book received the African Politics Conference Group's 2008 Best Book Award, while her 2005 book received Alpha Sigma Nu's Book Award for History, also in 2008. Her 1992 book was awarded Special Mention in the Alpha Sigma Nu book competition, was a finalist for the African Studies Association's Herskovits Award, and was named by Choice as an "Outstanding Academic Book for 1994." In addition to her monographs, Schmidt has published a number of articles in leading journals, including the American Historical Review, the Journal of African History, and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. She is the recipient of two Fulbright fellowships and a research grant from the American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council. In 2007, Schmidt was awarded Loyola's Nachbahr Award for outstanding scholarly achievement in the Humanities, and in 2008, her "Outstanding Achievement in Research, Teaching, and Service,"was recognized at Loyola's Eleventh Annual Deans' Symposium. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION African History, Pre-Colonial to Present; African Women's History Research: Late Colonial Southern Africa (esp. Zimbabawe and South Africa); Late Colonial West Africa (emphasis on Guinea) COURSES Note: All African history courses are service-learning courses and fulfill Loyola's diversity requirement. -HS 400 History Methods PUBLICATIONS
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