Edith Gonzalez

Edith Gonzalez, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, within the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research integrates historical archaeology, ethnography, and archival work to explore themes such as transatlantic slavery, Caribbean colonial ecodynamics, and traditional ecological knowledge. She conducts fieldwork in Antigua & Barbuda and archival research in the UK, informed by her extensive museum experience at institutions like the American Museum of Natural History. She teaches courses in Historical Archaeology (APY 215) and Museum Ethnology (APY 420) as part of the Critical Museum Studies Program.

Education includes a PhD from The Graduate Center - City University of New York, an MA from the University of Virginia, and a BA from Hunter College. Her work examines colonial legacies, post-disaster sociocultural impacts, and the interplay between human and environmental systems in the Caribbean. Recent publications focus on the pandemic response in peripheral regions, Caribbean archaeological investigations, and the ecological symbolism of colonial fauna.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the text. Her research and teaching emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to understanding historical and contemporary challenges in postcolonial societies.