Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué is Associate Professor of African Cultural Studies, with additional affiliations in the Department of History and the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies. As a trained historian, Mougoué is particularly interested in how constructions of gender inform performances of the body, religious beliefs, and political ideas in mid-20th century West Africa. Mougoué’s book, "Gender, Separatist Politics and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon," received the 2020 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize, given annually by the Western Association of Women Historians to recognize the best monograph in the field of history, and the 2021 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize, awarded annually by the Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association-USA for an outstanding book that prioritizes African women’s experiences. The Washington Post selected the book for its 2020 summer reading list. Mougoué was selected as one of 15 African women historians shaping understandings of Africa’s historical past by AMAKA magazine in 2022.
A word from Vlad Dima, Chair of African Cultural Studies:
The Department of African Cultural Studies enthusiastically celebrates Dr. Jacqueline- Bethel Mougoué’s promotion to Associate Professor. An insightful interdisciplinary historian with interests in gender and visual studies, Jacque is one of the most innovative and groundbreaking voices in African Cultural Studies—we could not be happier to have her on our team!