Joan A. Francis

Education Profile:

DA, History, Carnegie Mellon University 1990
MA, History, Andrews University 1974
BA, History, Minor Psychology, Secondary Education, Atlantic Union College

Biography:

Dr. Francis taught in her native Barbados at the secondary level and served as an administrator at Northern Caribbean University and Atlantic Union College before coming to Washington Adventist University in 2002. She has taught summers in Puerto Rico and Zaokski, Russia. She currently teaches the foundational History of World Civilization course and other social history courses, and team teaches Disease in History.

Research and Professional Activities:

Dr. Francis presented at conference “Adventism and Adventist History,” and she is continuing her research on an outstanding female bible worker in the Caribbean and Susie Green, an entrepreneur of DC. She continues to work with the Sabbath in Africa project and has written Sabbath Keepers: The African Connection a children’s activity book to accompany Sabbath Roots by Charles Bradford. She was a contributor to Women in World History Encyclopedia Vol. 2. She is a member of the American Historical Association, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and National Council on Social Studies.