David M. Fahey
Miami University

Here is a course description from the University of Guelph (Canada):

Chocolate, Coffee, and Globalization
This course explores the social, cultural, and environmental shape of
globalization through the study of two tropical commodities: coffee and
cacao. While coffee originated in Africa and cacao in tropical Latin
America, both commodities are now produced throughout the tropics, and
consumed globally. We will explore the commodity chains that link
producers in tropical Latin America, Africa, and Asia with consumers
around the world, particularly in Europe and North America. The course
will begin with the domestication of these plants, and follow their
evolution from traditional goods with religious significance, to
expensive luxuries available to only the wealthiest Europeans, to the
inexpensive, commonplace foods they are today. The course will draw on
perspectives from history, anthropology, and the environmental
sciences.

This course also aims to help students develop critical skills in
research and reading, such as finding, evaluating, and identifying
primary and secondary sources. Students will learn how to develop their
analytical voices, through short writing assignments, classroom
discussion, and doing a short research paper.

Stuart McCook teaches in the Department of History.