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Elizabeth MacGonagle is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Kansas and Director of Graduate Programs at the Center for Global & International Studies. She holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University (2002). Her research focuses on identity formation in African and Diasporan contexts, with a particular emphasis on history, memory, and contested heritage sites linked to slavery. She has conducted extensive research in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean, supported by grants from Fulbright, Fulbright-Hays, the Social Science Research Council, and the American Philosophical Society.
Her scholarly work includes her book Crafting Identity in Zimbabwe and Mozambique (2007), which challenges notions of tribalism through a four-century analysis of the Ndau region. She collaborates on projects such as digitizing the Onitsha Market Literature collection at KU's Spencer Research Library, making Nigerian popular literature accessible. Her current research explores intersections of history and memory at slavery heritage sites.
MacGonagle speaks Portuguese, Shona (Ndau), and has studied Kiswahili and French. She has held roles such as Director of [redacted] from 2013-2021 and contributes to interdisciplinary initiatives through centers like the Kansas African Studies Center.
