Heritage Research Lab

For Students

Student participation is an essential strength of the lab. Since its inception the USF Heritage Research Lab has provided faculty mentorship, research training, and applied anthropology experience for students at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Participants receive hands-on training and experience in solving real world challenges in the areas of heritage research, preservation, and management. They work with community partners to develop creative solutions to identified problems. For example, students have collaborated with USF faculty, community representatives, and business partners to research and inventory ethnographic resources; survey and map historic cemeteries; produce websites, develop educational curriculum; research community history; conduct oral history and ethnographic interviews; and host public forums to share research findings.