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Khadene Harris is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University, with an appointment to the Center for African and African American Studies. Her research focuses on historical archaeology, exploring intersections of race, slavery, and capitalism in the Caribbean, particularly in Dominica. She examines social and economic networks of laboring classes using ceramics, architectural remains, and oral histories.
Education & Affiliations:
- Collaborator with the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS)
Research Interests:
Her work integrates material culture analysis—such as imported and locally made ceramics—with spatial and oral histories to reconstruct community narratives under colonialism. Key themes include post-emancipation transitions, commodity systems, and the anthropology of consumption.
Publications:
Her work appears in Archaeologies of Slavery and Freedom in the Caribbean: Exploring the Spaces In Between and Archaeology in Dominica: Everyday Economies and Ecologies at Morne Patate.
Awards & Grants:
- International Center for Jefferson Studies Fellowship
- Nielsen Center for the Liberal Arts Fellowship
Labs/Teams:
Collaborates with DAACS on digital archaeology initiatives.
