Recognition
Publications, talks & affiliations
Selected writing, speaking, and professional recognition across more than two decades of practice in cultural heritage and anthropology.
Selected publications & policy documents
- Snapshot Belize
- Periodic Report on Implementing the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Belize (with P. Pelayo)
- The documentary heritage of slavery and emancipation in Belize
- Belize National Cultural Policy 2016–2026 (with J. Morris)
- A Walk Through El Cayo: San Ignacio and Santa Elena (ed., with R. Cocom & G. Pinelo)
- A Walk Through Dangriga (ed., with R. Cocom & G. Pinelo)
- Research Reports in Belizean History and Anthropology, Vols. 1–4 (founding editor)
- St. George's Caye: The Birthplace of a Nation (ed., with J. Awe)
- Belizean Studies: A Journal of Social Research and Thought (co-editor, multiple volumes)
Conference presentations
- Returning Haynes to the Motherland: Rediscovering Samuel Haynes, a Belizean American Transnational Black Leader and Activist
- Group Positionality in a Multi-Cultural Society: The Case of the Garifuna of Belize
- At the Nexus of Demographic Shifts, Cultural Diversity and Group Positionality: The Case of the Belize Kriol
Invited talks & international addresses
- Panelist & Rapporteur — Conference on the Link between the World Heritage and Living Heritage Conventions
- Integrating intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education (invited lecture)
- Address on the role of culture in sustainable development
Media & public scholarship
- Featured expert, national feature on the history of slavery and emancipation in Belize
- Culture in the time of Covid: A view from the Caribbean
Professional affiliations
- Member, American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- Member, Programming Committee, Association of Black Anthropologists (ABA)
- Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society (top 4%)