College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor/Department Head
Phone: (239)590-7214
E-Mail: estraho@fgcu.edu
Office: Modular 1 - Office 32

Assistant professor, Asian history
Department Head

estraho@fgcu.edu

Ph.D., History, University of Iowa, 1997
M.A., History, University of Iowa, 1989
B.A., History, Drake University, 1988

Research and teaching interests: Colonial and Post-Colonial South Asia, Modern and Imperial Britain, environmental history, wildlife conservation

Courses offered:
ASH 3323 Modern South Asia
ASH 3404 Modern China
ASH 3550 Post-Colonial India
ASN 2005 Introduction to Asian Studies
EUH 3502 Modern Britain
HIS 4104 Historical Epistemology
WOH 1030 World Civilization since 1815
WOH 3044 20th Century World History

Recent and upcoming publications and major conference papers:

• “The Role of Malaria in the Scientification of Race in British India” with Monica Piotter. Paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies conference, April 2005.
• “The Green Revolution in India.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Historical Association, January 2003.

Service to the profession:

• Evaluator, Shastri India Studies Fellowship Competition, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, University of Calgary, Canada. Fall 2003 to present.
• Contributing Editor, Asian Studies Newsletter. Fall 2000 to present.