Anna Dixon

Anna Dixon is an Instructor (Lecturer) in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. She teaches undergraduate courses such as Introduction to Anthropology, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Ethnobotany, and Forensic Anthropology. Her research focuses on human-plant interactions across historical and contemporary contexts, with a specialization in ethnobotany and medical anthropology.

• Education: MA (University of Tennessee at Knoxville), PhD (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
• Research Areas: Human-plant coevolution, traditional medicine of Pacific Islands, forensic anthropology informed by her prior criminal investigator role
• Key Contributions: Studied transformation of Hawaiian medicinal plants into modern markets; presented on Florida endemic plants and tattooing practices