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Alexa Neilson

          Graduate Student Email: neilsonalexa@ufl.edu Education M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, in progress. B.A. University of Florida, Anthropology, 2025 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. James Davidson Research Interests Historical archaeology, labor histories, archival methodologies, community archaeology, collections and curation, science communication, education and outreach Selected Publications     Grants, Fellowships, and Awards […]

Savannah Walker

                Graduate Student Email: walker.s@ufl.edu Education M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, in progress. B.A. University of Florida, Anthropology, 2025 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Whittaker Schroder Research Interests North American Archaeology, Indigenous Archaeology, Spanish Missions, Crisis and Resilience, Museum Studies and Collections, NAGPRA Compliance, Ceramics, Beadwork Selected Publications   […]

Dakota L. Dickerson

                  Graduate Student Email: d.dickerson@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, in progress. M.A. Applied Archaeology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2025 B.A. Archaeology, State University of New York at Potsdam, 2020 Subfield Biological Anthropology Chair Dr. David Daegling  and Dr. Phoebe Stubblefield Research Interests Forensic Anthropology, Taphonomy, […]

Halena Soto

              Graduate Student Email: halenasoto@ufl.edu Education M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, in progress. B.A. Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2024 B.A. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2024 Subfield Biological Anthropology Chair Dr. Stephanie Bogart and Dr. John Krigbaum Research Interests Primate behavioral ecology, infant-mother […]

Diana Stiles Friou

                Diana Stiles Friou /free-you/ “Diana” Graduate Student Email: diana.stiles@ufl.edu Education PhD/ABD, Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 1993 M.A. Demography, UC Berkeley 1993 MA Anthropology, George Washington University, 1988 Mandarin Language Certificate, National Taiwan Normal University, 1983 B.A. Anthropology, University of South Florida, 1981 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Christopher […]

Sophia Patterson

Graduate Student Email: sophiapatterson@ufl.edu Education M.A.. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress B.A. Anthropology, Trinity University, 2023 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Brenda Chalfin Dr. Abdoulaye Kane Research Interests Migration, gender, race and racialization, globalization, labor, care work, Senegal, the U.S. South Selected Publications   Grants, Fellowships, and Awards Margaret Mead Award for Excellence in […]

Olamide Awoyemi T

                    Graduate Student Email: olamideawoyemi@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A., Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida, 2025  B.A., Anthropology, University of Ibadan, 2021 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Adrienne Strong Research Interests Medical Anthropology, Maternal and Child Health, Politics of Care, Health […]

Rhianna Bennett

                    Graduate Student Email: rhiannabennett@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A., Georgia Southern University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 2018 ·B.A., University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, 2014 Subfield Archaeology  Chair Dr. Charles Cobb Research Interests Southeastern archaeology, Collaborative methodologies, Decolonizing archaeology, Cultural […]

Aaron Curlee

Graduate Student Email:  acurlee@ufl.edu Education M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, in progress Bachelor of Science, University of Florida Department of Anthropology, August 2024. Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Sassaman Research Interests Public Archaeology, Bio-archaeology, Archival Archaeology and Digital heritage. Selected Publications Grants, Fellowships, and Awards  

Abbey Ryan

Graduate Student Email:  abigail.ryan@ufl.edu Education M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, in progress B.A. Boston University, sociocultural anthropology, class of 2022 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Abdoulaye Kane Research Interests East Africa, Swahili, African Studies, sociocultural linguistics, historical linguistics, identity, migration, transnational communities, Tanzania, Kenya, post-colonialism in East Africa Selected Publications Grants, Fellowships, and Awards FLAS Fellow […]