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Sandra Elaine Greene is the Stephen ’59 and Madeline ’60 Anbinder Professor of African History at Cornell University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences and the Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. Her research focuses on gender, ethnicity, and slavery in West Africa, particularly Ghana, emphasizing methodologies to uncover histories with sparse documentary evidence. She has authored/edited influential books like Slave Owners of West Africa and co-edited the African Voices on Slavery series. Her work bridges historical analysis with anthropology, psychology, and literary criticism to explore precolonial and colonial dynamics.
Key research interests include comparative transnational studies, cultural and social history, and religious influences on slavery. Awards include a Herskovits Prize finalist nod and ACLS recognition. She explores interdisciplinary approaches to reconstruct marginalized voices through oral traditions and close textual analysis. Recent studies examine biographies of individuals in colonial Ghana and methodological innovations for understudied regions.
Her publications span peer-reviewed articles on topics like ritual practices among enslaved communities and abolitionist movements in West Africa. She contributes to academic initiatives such as the History of Capitalism program and teaches graduate courses at Cornell.
