CLAW Community Advisory Board

The CLAW Community Advisory Board encourages collaboration, inclusivity, and community engagement in promoting Lowcountry and Atlantic World research and scholarship.

Lorna Shelton-Beck
Charelston Carifest
Carribean Culture & Hertiage

Kellen Butler
President and Director
Friends of the Hunley
hunley.org

Nic Butler
Historian
Charleston Public Libraries

Anna-Catherine Carroll
Preservation Society of Charleston

Paul Garbarini
Charleston History Specialist/Tour Guide
Uniquely Charleston Tours

Elyse D. Gerstenecker
Curator of Decorative Arts
Telfair Museums

Rhoda A. Green  
Barbados and the Carolina Legacy Foundation   

Grey Gowder
Carolina Ocean Alliance 

Jacob Hagstrom
The Citadel Assistant Professor/Civil War

Lisa Hayes
Archivist
Charleston Library Society

Katie Hirsch
Director and Chief Curator
Halsey Museum of Contemporary Art

Amalia Leifeste
Historic Preservation
Clemson University

Gabriel Long
Charleston Library Society

Valinda Littlefield
Director, Africana Studies
University of South Carolina Professor of History

Renee Marshall  
Huguenot Society of South Carolina

John Navin
Coastal Carolina University   

Katherine Pemberton
Powder Magazine   

Valerie Perry
Aiken-Rhett House
Historic Charleston Foundation

Harriet Pierce
Librarian
Barbados Museum & Historical Society 

Patricia Ploehn
Historic Preservation Specialist
Warren Lasch Conservation Center

Bernie Powers
Emeritus Professor of African American History
Director
Center for the Study of Slavery 

Brenna Reilley
Associate Curator
Gibbs Museum of Art

Ian Sanchez
Community Organization/Barbados Connection

Jenna Simpson
Charleston Library Society

Victoria Smalls
Smalls Cultural Resources
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Steward & Environmental Strategist

Toby Smith
Head Cultural History Interpretation Coordinator
Charleston County Park Service
McLeod Plantation

Brandon Stone
Middleton Place

Chauntel Thomas
Development Officer
Barbados Museum & Historical Society