Titulaire d’un PhD sur “Developing Cultures : Debates over Education in French West Africa, 1930-1950” (New York University, 2002), il travaille sur les questions éducatives en AOF. Il a notamment publié “The National Revolution in French West Africa : Dakar-Jeunes and the Shaping of African Opinion” International Journal of Francophone Studies 10 (1-2) (2007) : 85-103 et “The Regionalist Movement in French West Africa : Colonial Schooling from the Great Depression to Vichy,” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History 29 (2001) : 133-141.