Faculty Member

Jenna Nigro

Biography

Jenna Nigro is a historian of modern France and Senegal. Her research and teaching focus on the history of global connections, exchanges, and power relations, and in particular on modern European imperialism. Her current book project is a study of French experimentation with various colonial practices in Senegal from 1763 to 1870.

Professor Nigro teaches courses in world history, modern European history, and African history and serves as the faculty advisor for UVU's History Club.

Teaching

HIST 4980

Senior Research Thesis Research Component, Fall 2025

HIST 3340

The French Revolution and Napoleon, Fall 2025

HIST 1510G

World History from 1500 to the Present, Fall 2025

HIST 1510G

World History from 1500 to the Present, Fall 2025