Candice Goucher Explained

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.

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, and co-edited its volume 2: A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE–500 CE (2015) with Graeme Barker.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Candice L. Goucher. History: Faculty. Washington State University. 18 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161013091916/https://history.wsu.edu/faculty/candice-l-goucher/. 13 October 2016. dead.
2. Web site: Dr. Candice Goucher. Campus directory. Washington State University. 18 February 2016.
3. Web site: About the course: Advisory Board. Bridging World History. Annenberg Learner. 18 February 2016.
4. Web site: Dr. Candice Goucher's book wins 2016 Gourmand Award. Washington State University. 18 February 2016.
5. Web site: The Cambridge World History Volume 2. Cambridge University Press. 18 February 2016.