Ridwan Muhammed

Ridwan Muhammed is a PhD candidate in the History Department at the University of Kansas, specializing in the African and Atlantic history of medicine as influenced by transatlantic slavery, colonialism, and global health governance. His research explores the intersection of race, gender, class, and sexuality. His current project investigates the transatlantic exchange of reproductive technologies between Nigeria and Brazil through the legacies of slavery, colonialism, and global health governance. It examines how these legacies have shaped reproductive identity politics, determining who has access to reproductive health, which reproductive technologies are utilized, and who uses these technologies. 

Advisor: Professor Elizabeth MacGonagle.