Peter Schmidt, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor Email: schmidtp@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., African History and Anthropology, Northwestern M.A., African History/African Studies, UCLA Graduate Diploma Student, Archaeology/African Studies, Makerere University, Uganda A.B., History, Stanford Research Interests Historical Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Ethnotechnology, Iron Technology, Symbolic Interpretation, African Archaeology, Tanzania, Eritrea, Gabon, Cameroon, Oral Traditions and Archaeology Personal Statement My interests range across archaeology, symbolic […]

Sarah Staub

Graduate Student Email: sarah.meyers@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.S. Environmental Studies Peace Corps Masters International, College of Charleston, 2016 B.S. Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental Science and Economic Policy, Clemson University, 2010 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Adrienne Strong Research Interests Applied and medical anthropology, West Africa, Ghana, herbal medicine use, […]

Justin Dunnavant

Alumni Email: jdunnavant@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, 2013 B.A., Anthropology and History, Howard University, 2009 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Brandt Research Interests Historical Archaeology of Africa and the African Diaspora, Postcolonial Theory, World Systems, Atlantic and Indian Ocean Slave Trade, Representation and Identity, Oral History, African American History, Ethnoarchaeology, […]

Megan Cogburn

Graduate Student Email: megandcogburn@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, 2016 B.A. Anthropology, Wheaton College, 2010 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Marit Østebø Research Interests Africa/East Africa/Tanzania, Medical Anthropology, Maternity and Birth, Critical Global Health Studies, Anthropology of Development, Governance and Indicators, Care, Gender and Feminist Studies Selected Publications […]

Choeeta Chakrabarti

Alumni Email: choeeta@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida, 2018 M.A., B.A., Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Schmidt Research Interests Human Rights Practice and Violation in India, Latin America, and Africa; Human Rights Practice and Violation in Religions; Human Rights Violation in the Sri Lankan war; Islamic studies; Biological Anthropology/Forensic anthropology Selected Publications […]

Brenda Chalfin, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Anthropology and Center for African Studies Director, Center for African Studies Office: Grinter Hall, Room 427, Main Office Phone: 352-392-2183 Email: bchalfin@ufl.edu African Studies Faculty Profile Google Scholars Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1998 B.A. Anthropology, Amherst College, 1986 Research Interests Waste, Cities, Infrastructure, Urban Environments, Sanitation, Materiality, Plastics, Ports, Off-shore […]

James Davidson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Office: Turlington Hall, Room B134 Phone: (352) 294-7592 Email: davidson@ufl.edu Google Scholar Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, 2004 M.A. Anthropology, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, 1999 B.A. Archaeological Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1990 Research Interests Historical archaeology (19th/20th century), African diaspora, mortuary studies, folk beliefs Personal Statement Positions […]

Anita Spring, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology Fellow, National Explorers Club Affiliate Professor, Center for the Arts, Migration, & Entrepreneurship Affiliate Faculty, Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, and Center for Women’s Studies & Gender Research UF Mailing Address: 1112 Turlington, PO Box 117305, Gainesville FL 32611-7305 Phone: (352) 376-4833 […]

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