Bio

Adam Paddock teaches African history and 20th century world history courses. He received his PhD in African History from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012. His research focuses on continuities and changes in child socialization in Nigeria from the colonial period up to the 1970s. Publications include The Women's War of 1929: A History of Anti-Colonial Resistance in Eastern Nigeria, co-authored with Dr. Toyin Falola, and two co-edited volumes, Economics and Environment in Nigeria, and Emergent Themes and Methods in African Studies: Essays in Honor of Adiele E. Afigbo. Recent publications include a chapter titled “A World of Good to our Boys: Boy Scouts in Southern Nigeria, 1934-1951” and a chapter titled “Child Labor Resistance in Southern Nigeria, 1916-1938.”