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Lisa Matthies-Barnes

Graduate Student Email: lisamatthiesb@ufl.edu CV Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress Historical Archaeology, University of West Florida, 2020 B.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, 2016 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. James Davidson Research Interests Black and African-diaspora archaeology; consumerist archaeology; generational trauma, materiality, critical and critical race theory; landscape […]

Andreana Cunningham

Alumna  Email: ascunningham@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, 2023 M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, 2018 B.A. Anthropology and Criminology, University of Miami, 2016 Subfield Biological Anthropology Chair Dr. Valerie Burke DeLeon Research Interests African diaspora, human variation, cranial morphology, virtual reconstruction, migration, critical race theory Selected Publications     Grants, Fellowships, and Awards NSF Graduate Research […]

David Markus

Alumni Email: dmarkus@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. M.A. B.A. Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. James Davidson Research Interests Historical Archaeology, Jewish Diaspora Studies, African Diaspora Studies, Material Culture and Folk Beliefs, Performance Studies, North America Selected Publications     Grants, Fellowships, and Awards   This student has graduated from the program so the information on this page may not […]

Eshe Lewis

Alumni Email: eshe.lewis@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., M.A., B.A., Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Harrison Research Interests African Diaspora in the Americas, Latin America, Peru, Women’s Issues, Structural Violence, Race and Gender Inequality Selected Publications     Grants, Fellowships, and Awards   This student has graduated from the program so the information on this page may not […]

Liz Ibarrola

Alumni Email: eibarrola@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida, 2021 M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, 2016 B.A., Anthropology, Rollins College, 2014 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. James Davidson Research Interests Historical archaeology; African Diaspora archaeology; Ethnogenesis; Power, Resistance, and Accommodation; Landscape and Place-making; Migration, Frontiers, and Borderlands Selected Publications Uneven Landscapes, Uneven Histories: Maroons in the […]

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, […]

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 […]