Brittany Merritt
Academic Degrees:
- Ph.d., University of South Florida
- M.A., University of South Florida
- B.A., University of Central Florida
Academic Interests:
British Empire, Africa and the Caribbean, imperialism and decolonization, resistance movements, history of medicine and global health.
Research:
My research focuses on the ways in which people across the African diaspora challenged the late British Empire, and how colonial medicine was used as a “tool of empire” to pacify resistance to imperialism.
Courses Taught:
- HIST 142B: Europe since 1750
- HIST 180: Sex, Race, and Medicine
- HIST 278: Sex, Murder, and Empire: Britain
- HIST 279E: Global Health, Culture, and Inequality
- HIST 295F: Avengers: The Haitian Revolution
- HIST 305: Medicine, Empire, and Global Health
- HIST 328: Missionaries and Empire in Africa
- HIST 329: Guns, Gold, and Slaves: Africa and the British Empire
- HONR 360A: Community Histories
Publications:
“Insecurities of Empire: Struggles over Health Reform in Interwar Barbados,” Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History 18:3 (Winter 2017)
“‘Making His Way to the Heart of India’: British Missionaries, Indian Nationalism, and Religious Belonging in Post World War I India.” British Scholar 3:1 (September 2010)

Brittany Merritt
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College of Saint Benedict
Saint John’s University
Dr. Shannon Smith
Chair, History Department
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