Jonathan Okoe
Academic Profile
Jonathan Okoe is a doctoral (PhD) student in the History Department at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on health and medicine in Africa, with particular interest in prison health, psychiatry, and therapeutic pluralism in Ghana. He examines these within the broader history of the British Empire, from precolonial to postcolonial medicine, science, technology, and medical anthropology. His comprehensive fields are the History of Medicine, the British Empire, and the History of West Africa.
Jonathan’s master’s research paper at Virginia Tech examined the politics of licensure for traditional health practitioners in Kumase and Ghana during the colonial period, specifically between 1934 and 1957, and was titled, “Ayaresa: The Licensure of Native Physicians in Kumase and Greater Asante During the Colonial Period, 1934-1957.” He also received his bachelor’s degree in history from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumase, Ghana. His undergraduate research addressed the challenges related to accommodation facilities for mentally ill individuals in Kumase and across Ghana.
Interests:
18th- to 21st-Century African History & the British Empire and topics related to the following: Health, Medicine, Science, Technology, and Medical Anthropology.
