dr. rafaela jobbitt
- phd in history, york university
- ma in history, university toronto
- ba honours in history, universidade nova de lisboa, portugal
- instructor, mount san antonio college, department of history (2009-2013)
- instructor, california state university (fullerton), department of history (2011-2012)
- instructor, california state university (fullerton), department of modern languages (2011-2012)
- instructor, sheridan college, school of liberal arts (2006)
- instructor, george brown college (2004-2005)
- instructor, university of south africa (unisa), pretoria, department of romance languages (1994-1996)
rafaela jobbitt received her phd at york university. her dissertation is entitled “medicine and modernization: medical practitioners, public hygiene, and the re-colonization of são tomé and príncipe, 1850-1926.” rafaela jobbitt was born in mozambique and has done research in lisbon and in são tomé and príncipe. she is fluent in portuguese and her teaching interests include: the atlantic world, colonial medicine and race and gender studies.
recent publications:
“complicating hybrid medical practices in the tropics: examining the case of são tomé and príncipe, 1850-1926.” in healers and empires in global history: healing as hybrid and contested knowledge, palgrave macmillan in 2019.
"africa and the migrant crisis: the case of eritrean refugees." the resrg review, 22 june 2016. http://www.resrg.ca/?p=288
“‘mischief’ and ‘magic’: midwives, curandeiras, and the health service of são tomé and príncipe, 1850-1926.” in o colonialismo português – novos rumos da historiografia dos palop, 267-80. famalicão: edições húmus, 2013.
“forced labour, public hygiene and the degredados of são tomé in the late nineteenth century.” in forced african labour: comparative colonial perspectives, 3-14. porto: centro de estudos africanos da universidade do porto, 2008.