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Joanna Gilmore
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology
Education
- M.A. Museum Studies - University of Leicester, U.K.
- M.Sc. Palaeoecology of Human Societies, University College London, U.K.
- B.A. Archaeology, University College London, U.K.
Research Interests
- Hidden histories, especially related to African descendant lives and burial grounds
- Community archaeology
- Museum interpretation and exhibition
Courses Taught
- ANTH 347: Museum Studies
- ANTH 309: Bioarchaeology
Publications
- Gilmore, J. K. 2021. Weaving Richer Narratives of African Descendant Lives: Community Engagement, Historical Archaeology, Genetic Research and Public Education. American Anthropological Association Conference Presentation in Baltimore, MD, Nov 18-21, 2021.
- Fleskes, RE, Ofunniyin, AA, Gilmore, JK, et al. 2021. Ancestry, health, and lived experiences of enslaved Africans in 18th century Charleston: An osteobiographical analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropolology; 175: 3– 24. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24149
- Gilmore, J.K. 2018. Monumental Decisions: Community Engagement, Identity and Memory. Presentation at the Moving Monuments: History, Memory and the Politics of Public Sculpture Conference at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage, U.K., April 20-21, 2018.
- Gilmore, J. K. 2014. The Archaeology of Hospitals and Leprosaria in the Colonial Caribbean. In The Encyclopaedia of Caribbean Archaeology (Reid, B. and Gilmore, R.G. Eds.) University Press of Florida: Gainesville.
- Gilmore, J.K. 2008, Leprosy at the Lazaretto on St Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 18: 72-84. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.929