Christina González

Christina Marie González is Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina's College of Arts and Sciences. Her interdisciplinary research examines indigeneity, race, and decoloniality in Caribbean contexts, focusing on Taíno identity formation across Puerto Rico, the diaspora, and digital spaces.

She holds PhD in Anthropology from University of Texas at Austin with certifications in Native American & Indigenous Studies and Museum Studies. Comparative research includes Māori diaspora studies in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Mapuche urban indigeneity.

As lead co-curator of the Smithsonian traveling exhibit 'Caribbean Indigenous Resistance/Resistencia indígena del Caribe ¡Taíno Vive!', she advances public scholarship on indigenous resistance. González advises museums on decolonizing practices and has published in the Smithsonian’s Handbook of North American Indians.