USF Research Team
S. Elizabeth Bird is Professor of Anthropology at the University
of South Florida. Her specialties include the role of media in culture, folklore,
and cultural heritage. She has published four books, the most recent being The Anthropology
of News and Journalism: Global Perspectives (Indiana University Press 2009),
and has written more than 60 articles and book chapters. She has been a Visiting
Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania (Annenberg School for Communication),
serves on several international journal editorial boards, and is an external member
of the Centre for Memory Studies, University of Warwick, U.K.
Personal website:
http://anthropology.usf.edu/faculty/bird/
Erin H. Kimmerle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Anthropology at the University of South Florida. Her research is in the areas of
forensic anthropology, human rights and transitional justice. She has published
in anthropology and forensic science journals and is the first author of the book,
Skeletal Trauma: Identification of Injuries in Human Rights Abuse and Armed Conflict.
Her work is based on numerous missions in Nigeria, Peru, Kosova, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia, and Bermuda since 2000. Other professional appointments include state and
national mass disaster response teams and Adjunct Senior Lecturer for the College
of Medicine, Lagos State University, Nigeria.
Personal website: http://anthropology.usf.edu/faculty/kimmerle/
Charles J. Massucci is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. His education background is in History, and he currently teaches forensic science in the anthropology department. He has been employed with the Tampa Police Department for 20 years, assigned to the Homicide Bureau for the last 7 years, and is currently a member of the International Homicide Investigators Association. His research interests in Nigeria are in the areas of judicial reform and forensic science education for law enforcement, and interview strategies for cold case investigations.
Fraser Ottanelli is Professor and Chair of the Department of History
at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His areas of specialization are
ethnic and labor History, comparative migration, and US history in a global age.
On these topics he has authored two-books and numerous articles and essays. He is
currently completing a book manuscript, Migration and the Shaping of Ethnic Identity,
to be submitted to Illinois University Press. Professor Ottanelli has been a Visiting
Scholar in the Department of History and Civilization of European University Institute,
Florence (Italy) and a Professeur Associé at the Université Paris VII—Denis Diderot
(France). Currently he served on the Executive Committee and is a member of the
Board of Governors of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) at NYU.
Personal website:
http://history.usf.edu/faculty/fottanelli/