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 South Florida, Director of the 91tvӰԺ 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 South Florida (91tvӰԺ).

"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 South Florida (91tvӰԺ).

“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

Lori Collins, PhD

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

Anna R. Dixon, PhD

 Anthropology Department
St. Petersburg campus

Leslie Elsasser

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

Casey Frechette, PhD

 Journalism and Digital Communications
St. Petersburg campus

Fanni Green, PhD

 91tvӰԺ School of Theatre & Dance

Thomas Hallock, PhD

 English Department
St. Petersburg campus

Walter Jennings

 91tvӰԺ Diversity Initiatives (Assistant Director); Spoken Word Poet

Howard Kaplan, PhD

 91tvӰԺ Advanced Visualization Center (Associate Director)

Anand Kumar, PhD

 Marketing Department, 91tvӰԺ MUMA College of Business

Daniel Lende, PhD

 Anthropology Department

Karen Liller, PhD

 91tvӰԺ College of Public Health

Margaret Miller, MA

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

Kaniqua Robinson, PhD

 Anthropology Department, Furman University

Cheryl R. Rodriguez, PhD

 Africana Studies, 91tvӰԺ School Interdisciplinary Global Studies

David Shedden, MA

 Librarian & Archivist
St. Petersburg campus

Andrew M. “Drew” Smith, MA

 Associate Librarian & Genealogist, 91tvӰԺ Libraries

Jay Sokolovsky, PhD

 Anthropology Department (Professor Emeritus)
St. Petersburg campus

Maya Trotz, PhD

 91tvӰԺ 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  Healthy St. Pete Foundation (Senior Engagement Consultant)
Mary Shedden W91tvӰԺ Public Media (News Director)
Administrative Team/Resources

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

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