Anthropology
Ph.D.
University of Florida
2002
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Faculty
Faculty
Flordeliz T. Bugarin (She/Her)
Associate Professor
Department/Office
- African Studies
School/College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Biography
Dr. Bugarin is an anthropologist who specializes in historical and Iron Age archaeology, cultural anthropology, and applied anthropology. As an archaeologist, she focuses on colonialism, trade and exchange, slavery through the post-Reconstruction period, gender and child material culture, and the impact of structural racism. As an applied and cultural anthropologist, she looks at environmental studies, appropriate technologies, heritage conservation, international development and poverty alleviation, and anti-racism initiatives and transformation in professional organizations. She has conducted fieldwork and research in South Africa, The Gambia in West Africa, and different parts of the United States.
Education & Expertise
Education
Anthropology
M.A.
University of Florida
1996
Anthropology
B.A.
University of California, Berkeley
1991
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
Elected Member of the Board of Directors for the Society for Historical Archaeology, 2017-2021
USA Representative to the Assembly for the Seventh World Archaeological Congress, 2013
Served as the elected USA Representative to the Assembly for the Seventh World Archaeological Congress, January 13-18, 2013, The Dead Sea, Jordan.
Mellon Foundation Fellow to Attend the Salzburg Global Seminar, 2012
Recipient of a Mellon Foundation Fellowship to attend the Salzburg Global Seminar, Session 501: “China in the 21stCentury: What Kind of World Power?” December 4-9, 2012, convened at Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria.
Chair of the Gender and Minority Affairs Committee for the Society for Historical Archaeology, 2012-2018
Presidential Appointed Chair of the Gender and Minority Affairs Committee (GMAC) of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
USA Representative to the Assembly for the Sixth World Archaeological Congress, 2008
Served as the elected USA Representative to the Assembly for the Sixth World Archaeological Congress, June 30 – July 4, 2008, Dublin, Ireland.
Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellow, Wenner-Gren Foundation, 2004-2005
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow, 1998-1999
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow, 1998-1999