“Climate change knows no borders.” Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
Representing Florida
Lori Lee is Associate Professor of Humanities at Flagler College. She holds a PhD in Anthropology specializing in Historical Archaeology from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and an MA and BA in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Arlington. Her areas of specific interest include African Diaspora, gender, material culture, migration, and memory.
Sarah Miller is the Regional Director for the Northeast and East Central Centers of the Florida Public Archaeology Network hosted by Flagler College. She received her Master’s degree in Anthropology from East Carolina University in 2001 where she developed archaeology education programs at Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina. Upon graduation from ECU, Ms. Miller supervised field and lab projects with public involvement for the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, as well as reviewed compliance projects for the Kentucky Heritage Council. She currently serves on the Board of Directors (Secretary) for the Society for Historical Archaeology, Chair of the Society for Historical Archaeology’s Heritage at Risk Committee, and Editorial Board for the Journal of Archaeology and Education. Her specialties include historical archaeology, archaeology education, site stewardship, heritage at risk, advocacy, and historic cemeteries.
Emily Jane Murray is the Public Archaeology Coordinator for the Florida Public Archaeology Network Northeast Regional Center. She holds a MA in Anthropology from Brandeis University and a BA in Communications from Flagler College. Her research focuses on community archaeology, heritage at risk, and 3D digital heritage including photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning.
Representing Georgia
Lindsey E. Cochran is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Tennessee State University. She holds a PhD from the University of Tennessee and a MA from the University of West Florida. Dr. Cochran is an anthropological archaeologist with specialties in historical archaeology and spatial archaeology. Her research in historical archaeology focuses on antebellum culture in the Georgia lowcountry using geospatial methods to understand past people’s interaction with natural and cultural landscapes. She is also working to create predictive models of which cultural heritage sites on the East Coast, USA will be impacted by various effects of climate change, along with when those changes are expected to occur.
Representing South Carolina
Meg Gaillard is an archaeologist with the Heritage Trust Program at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and co-founder of the South Carolina Archaeology Public Outreach Division. She holds an MA in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester and BAs in Journalism and Anthropology from the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on the visual representation of archaeology, public interpretation and outreach, disaster preparedness and recovery, and heritage at risk.
Karen Y. Smith is an archaeologist with the Heritage Trust Program at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. She earned an MA in Anthropology from the University of Alabama and a PhD Anthropology from the University of Missouri. Her research interests include style and the creative process, digital tools and technologies, and cultural heritage management. Her geographical focus is southeastern North America, and her temporal focus is the Late Archaic and Woodland periods. She is a lead archaeologist on the Pockoy Island Shell Ring Complex (38CH2533) salvage excavations.
