Antoinette Jackson

Antoinette Jackson serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida, where she directs the USF Heritage Research Lab and teaches courses including Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of American Culture, and Critical Race Discourse.

Her educational credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida - Gainesville
• MBA from Xavier University - Cincinnati, Ohio
• B.A. in Computer and Information Science from Ohio State University - Columbus

Her research integrates sociocultural and historical anthropology to examine identity formation, representation systems, and the social construction of race/class/gender/ethnicity, with particular focus on American, African American, and African Diaspora cultures through ethnographic methods in United States and Caribbean contexts. This work informs heritage resource management and critical race discourse applications.

She currently supervises seven graduate students across anthropology specializations.

As director of the USF Heritage Research Lab, she leads initiatives connecting academic research with heritage tourism and cultural resource management practices.