About

Our Team

Headshot of Dr. Antoinette Jackson, LHI Director. She is wearing her hair styled tightly into a bun, carmel colored glasses and wearing a lime green blazer.

Antoinette Jackson, PhD
LHI Director, BCN Founder

Dr. Antoinette Jackson is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida, Director of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Living Heritage Institute, and Founder of the Black Cemetery Network.

"I am an applied cultural anthropologist. I am interested in heritage research and resource management. My work challenges theoretical cannons that fix people in discrete categories and I continuously seek ways of applying anthropology critically and in the service of people, families, and communities both within and outside the academy."


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Kaleigh Hoyt, M.A.
Story Studio Manager and Research Associate

Kaleigh Hoyt is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida (USF).

"My dissertation project explores how cultural heritage engages with the senses to shape human spaces, memory, and meaning-making systems."


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Alanah Cooper
LHI Research Assistant

Alanah Cooper is an M.A. student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida (USF).

鈥淚 am an aspiring cultural anthropologist with a passion of studying African American history and heritage.鈥

 

Affiliated Faculty/Staff

Julie Buckner Armstrong, PhD

English Department
St. Petersburg campus

Lori Collins, PhD

新澳门六合彩内幕信息Digital Heritage & Humanities Center (Co-Director)

Anna R. Dixon, PhD

Anthropology Department
St. Petersburg campus

Leslie Elsasser

新澳门六合彩内幕信息Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) (Curator of Education)

Casey Frechette, PhD

Journalism and Digital Communications
St. Petersburg campus

Fanni Green, PhD

新澳门六合彩内幕信息School of Theatre & Dance

Thomas Hallock, PhD

English Department
St. Petersburg campus

Walter Jennings

新澳门六合彩内幕信息Diversity Initiatives (Assistant Director); Spoken Word Poet

Howard Kaplan, PhD

新澳门六合彩内幕信息Advanced Visualization Center (Associate Director)

Anand Kumar, PhD

Marketing Department, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息MUMA College of Business

Daniel Lende, PhD

Anthropology Department

Karen Liller, PhD

新澳门六合彩内幕信息College of Public Health

Margaret Miller, MA

新澳门六合彩内幕信息Institute for Research in Art (IRA) (Director)

Kaniqua Robinson, PhD

Anthropology Department, Furman University

Cheryl R. Rodriguez, PhD

Africana Studies, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息School Interdisciplinary Global Studies

David Shedden, MA

Librarian & Archivist
St. Petersburg campus

Andrew M. 鈥淒rew鈥 Smith, MA

Associate Librarian & Genealogist, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Libraries

Jay Sokolovsky, PhD

Anthropology Department (Professor Emeritus)
St. Petersburg campus

Maya Trotz, PhD

新澳门六合彩内幕信息Civil & Environmental Engineering Department

Diane Wallman, PhD

Anthropology Department

Natacha Yzbeck, PhD

Journalism and Digital Communications
St. Petersburg campus

Students/Research Assistants

Alanah Cooper Graduate Program, Anthropology Department

John Pendygraft, MA  Graduate Program, Anthropology Department

Jonathan Rodriguez, MA  Graduate Program, Anthropology Department

Public/Business Outreach and Community Engagement

Carrie Y. Hepburn-Brown, MS  Healthy St. Pete Foundation (Senior Engagement Consultant)

Mary Shedden W新澳门六合彩内幕信息Public Media (News Director)

Administrative Team/Resources

K. Hoyt, Research Associate
A. Cooper, Research Assistant
M. Bethea, DOM/ASA (新澳门六合彩内幕信息Anthropology Department)

*LHI is supported by CAS Support Staff reporting to the Director, CAS Centers Institutes