James Parker
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Mail code: 1612Campus: Tempe
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Dr. James Parker is a scholar of environmental, colonial, African, and development history. He received his PhD in World History from Northeastern University, and his research has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed academic journals including History in Africa and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.
James' work studies the intersections of economic development and ecological damage in colonial Kenya, specifically analyzing how colonial authorities reconceptualized and rerouted water supplies in arid regions towards extractive industries, and away from indigenous communities. Given these research interests, he teaches and advises on African, development, and environmental studies as well as questions of power, imperialism, and anti-colonialism.
“Africologies of Development: Siting Environmental Justice in African History,” History in Africa 49 (2022), 1-32.
“Watering White Supremacy in Kenya: Settler Colonialism and the Disappearing of the Ewaso Ng’iro River 1919-1952,” Water History 14 (2022), 101-121.
“A ‘Juggernaut of Progress’? Irrigation and Statecraft in Late-Colonial Kenya,” International Journal of African Historical Studies 53:3 (2020), 335-359.
“A Wasted Eden: Communal Responses to Colonial Water Management in Kitui, Kenya,” The East African Review 55 (2020).
“Lajos Kossuth and Multiple Imperialisms: Computational Analysis and the International Assessment of Empire,” Journal of World History 32:2 (2021), 301-320.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| CGF 110 | Resilient American Futures |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |