Edith Gonzalez
PhD
Research Interests
Global flow of Traditional Ecological Knowledge; Historical Archaeology of the English-Speaking Caribbean; Transatlantic Slavery; 18th-century Bioprospecting; Human-ecodynamics
About
I am an historical anthropologist, my research encompasses multiple methodologies; primarily archaeological, ethnographic (working with descendant communities), and historical. My fieldwork takes me to archaeological sites in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua & Barbuda, and archival sites in the United Kingdom. My decades of museum work at the American Museum of Natural History, international science/history museums, and regional children's museums, informs my teaching in the Critical Museum Studies Program.
Education
- PhD, The Graduate Center - City University of New York
- MA, University of Virginia
- BA, Hunter College
Courses Offered
Undergraduate Courses
- APY 215 | Historical Archaeology
- APY 420 | Museum Ethnology