Edith Gonzalez

PhD

Faculty Name.

Edith Gonzalez

PhD

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