Ryan Carty
Year in Program: 4
Fields: African History (West Africa); Science and Technology Studies; World History
Advisors: Nwando Achebe, Jamie Monson
Committee: Glenn Chambers, Walter Hawthorne
Research Languages: English, French, Hausa (Ajami)
Educational Background: BA University of Pennsylvania 2013
Email: cartyrya@msu.edu
I am a Ph.D. Candidate with a major field in African history. My research explores the twentieth-century history of Muslim migrants in the Volta Basin. I examine how they adapted leatherworking practices and impacted the use of animal skins.