Our Team
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 USF 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."
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."
Alanah Cooper
LHI Research Assistant
Alanah Cooper is an M.A. student in the Department of Anthropology at the University
of South Florida (USF).
“I am an aspiring cultural anthropologist with a passion of studying African American
history and heritage.”
Affiliated Faculty/Staff
| Julie Buckner Armstrong, PhD |
English Department
St. Petersburg campus
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Lori Collins, PhD
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USF Digital Heritage & Humanities Center (Co-Director)
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Anna R. Dixon, PhD
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Anthropology Department
St. Petersburg campus
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Leslie Elsasser
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USF Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) (Curator of Education)
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Casey Frechette, PhD
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Journalism and Digital Communications
St. Petersburg campus
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Fanni Green, PhD
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USF School of Theatre & Dance
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Thomas Hallock, PhD
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English Department
St. Petersburg campus
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Walter Jennings
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USF Diversity Initiatives (Assistant Director); Spoken Word Poet
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Howard Kaplan, PhD
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USF Advanced Visualization Center (Associate Director)
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Anand Kumar, PhD
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Marketing Department, USF MUMA College of Business
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Daniel Lende, PhD
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Anthropology Department
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Karen Liller, PhD
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USF College of Public Health
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Margaret Miller, MA
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USF Institute for Research in Art (IRA) (Director)
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Kaniqua Robinson, PhD
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Anthropology Department, Furman University
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Cheryl R. Rodriguez, PhD
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Africana Studies, USF School Interdisciplinary Global Studies
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David Shedden, MA
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Librarian & Archivist
St. Petersburg campus
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Andrew M. “Drew” Smith, MA
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Associate Librarian & Genealogist, USF Libraries
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Jay Sokolovsky, PhD
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Anthropology Department (Professor Emeritus)
St. Petersburg campus
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Maya Trotz, PhD
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USF Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
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Diane Wallman, PhD
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Anthropology Department
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Natacha Yzbeck, PhD
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Journalism and Digital Communications
St. Petersburg campus
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Students/Research Assistants
| Alanah Cooper |
Graduate Program, Anthropology Department
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| John Pendygraft, MA |
Graduate Program, Anthropology Department
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| Jonathan Rodriguez, MA |
Graduate Program, Anthropology Department
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Public/Business Outreach and Community Engagement
| Carrie Y. Hepburn-Brown, MS |
Healthy St. Pete Foundation (Senior Engagement Consultant)
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| Mary Shedden |
WUSF Public Media (News Director)
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Administrative Team/Resources
K. Hoyt, Research Associate
A. Cooper, Research Assistant
M. Bethea, DOM/ASA (USF Anthropology Department)
*LHI is supported by CAS Support Staff reporting to the Director, CAS Centers Institutes