Lorelle D. Semley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Occupation | Africanist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Georgetown University (BS) Yale University (MA) Northwestern University (MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Kétu Identities: Islam, Gender, and French Colonialism in West Africa, 1850s-1960s (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Hunwick |
| Other advisors | Gwendolyn Mikell Robert W. Harms Angelique Haugerud Diana Wylie |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Wesleyan University College of the Holy Cross |
Lorelle Denise Semley (born 1969) is an American historian of Africa specialized in modern West Africa, French imperialism, gender, and the Atlantic World. She is a professor of history at the College of the Holy Cross.