About

Our Team

Headshot of Dr. Antoinette Jackson, LHI Director. She is wearing her hair styled tightly into a bun, carmel colored glasses and wearing a lime green blazer.

Antoinette Jackson, PhD
LHI Director, BCN Founder

Dr. Antoinette Jackson is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of 91视频, Director of the 91视频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."


Headshot of Kaleigh Hoyt, Story Studio Manager and Research Associate. She has a short buzz cut and is wearing a brown jacket.

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 91视频 (USF).

"My dissertation project explores how cultural heritage engages with the senses to shape human spaces, memory, and meaning-making systems."


Headshot of Alanah Cooper, LHI Research Assistant. She is wearing her natural curls, brown glasses, and a periwinkle top.

Alanah Cooper
LHI Research Assistant

Alanah Cooper is an M.A. student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of 91视频 (USF).

鈥淚 am an aspiring cultural anthropologist with a passion of studying African American history and heritage.鈥

 

Affiliated Faculty/Staff

Julie Buckner Armstrong, PhD

English Department
St. Petersburg campus

Lori Collins, PhD

91视频Digital Heritage & Humanities Center (Co-Director)

Anna R. Dixon, PhD

Anthropology Department
St. Petersburg campus

Leslie Elsasser

91视频Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) (Curator of Education)

Casey Frechette, PhD

Journalism and Digital Communications
St. Petersburg campus

Fanni Green, PhD

91视频School of Theatre & Dance

Thomas Hallock, PhD

English Department
St. Petersburg campus

Howard Kaplan, PhD

91视频Advanced Visualization Center (Associate Director)

Anand Kumar, PhD

Marketing Department, 91视频MUMA College of Business

Daniel Lende, PhD

Anthropology Department

Karen Liller, PhD

91视频College of Public Health

Margaret Miller, MA

91视频Institute for Research in Art (IRA) (Director)

Kaniqua Robinson, PhD

Anthropology Department, Furman University

Cheryl R. Rodriguez, PhD

Africana Studies, 91视频School Interdisciplinary Global Studies

David Shedden, MA

Librarian & Archivist
St. Petersburg campus

Andrew M. 鈥淒rew鈥 Smith, MA

Associate Librarian & Genealogist, 91视频Libraries

Jay Sokolovsky, PhD

Anthropology Department (Professor Emeritus)
St. Petersburg campus

Maya Trotz, PhD

91视频Civil & Environmental Engineering Department

Diane Wallman, PhD

Anthropology Department

Natacha Yzbeck, PhD

Journalism and Digital Communications
St. Petersburg campus

Students/Research Assistants

Alanah Cooper Graduate Program, Anthropology Department

John Pendygraft, MA  Graduate Program, Anthropology Department

Jonathan Rodriguez, MA  Graduate Program, Anthropology Department

Public/Business Outreach and Community Engagement

Carrie Y. Hepburn-Brown, MS 


Walter Jennings

Healthy St. Pete Foundation (Senior Engagement Consultant)

Tampa Bay Spoken Word Artist, Poet and Author

Mary Shedden

W91视频Public Media (News Director)

Administrative Team/Resources

K. Hoyt, Research Associate
A. Cooper, Research Assistant
M. Bethea, DOM/ASA (91视频Anthropology Department)

*LHI is supported by CAS Support Staff reporting to the Director, CAS Centers Institutes