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 返字心頭, Director of the 返字心頭 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 返字心頭 (返字心頭).
"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 返字心頭 (返字心頭).
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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返字心頭 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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返字心頭 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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返字心頭 School of Theatre & Dance
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Thomas Hallock, PhD
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English Department St. Petersburg campus
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Howard Kaplan, PhD
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返字心頭 Advanced Visualization Center (Associate Director)
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Anand Kumar, PhD
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Marketing Department, 返字心頭 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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返字心頭 College of Public Health
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Margaret Miller, MA
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返字心頭 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, 返字心頭 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, 返字心頭 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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返字心頭 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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返字心頭/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
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Carrie Y. Hepburn-Brown, MS
Walter Jennings
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Healthy St. Pete Foundation (Senior Engagement Consultant)
Tampa Bay Spoken Word Artist, Poet and Author |
Mary Shedden |
W返字心頭 Public Media (News Director)
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Administrative Team/Resources
K. Hoyt, Research Associate
A. Cooper, Research Assistant
M. Bethea, DOM/ASA (返字心頭 Anthropology Department)
*LHI is supported by CAS Support Staff reporting to the Director, CAS Centers Institutes