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 Copal Tree Lodge · 2024
  • Periodic Report on Implementing the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Belize (with P. Pelayo) National Institute of Culture and History · 2021
  • The documentary heritage of slavery and emancipation in Belize ArcGIS StoryMaps · 2020
  • Belize National Cultural Policy 2016–2026 (with J. Morris) National Institute of Culture and History · 2016
  • A Walk Through El Cayo: San Ignacio and Santa Elena (ed., with R. Cocom & G. Pinelo) National Institute of Culture and History · 2015
  • A Walk Through Dangriga (ed., with R. Cocom & G. Pinelo) National Institute of Culture and History · 2015
  • Research Reports in Belizean History and Anthropology, Vols. 1–4 (founding editor) National Institute of Culture and History · 2013–2015
  • St. George's Caye: The Birthplace of a Nation (ed., with J. Awe) National Institute of Culture and History · 2010
  • Belizean Studies: A Journal of Social Research and Thought (co-editor, multiple volumes) 2007–2010

Conference presentations

  • Returning Haynes to the Motherland: Rediscovering Samuel Haynes, a Belizean American Transnational Black Leader and Activist Society for Applied Anthropology · Albuquerque · March 2026
  • Group Positionality in a Multi-Cultural Society: The Case of the Garifuna of Belize American Anthropological Association · New Orleans · November 2025
  • At the Nexus of Demographic Shifts, Cultural Diversity and Group Positionality: The Case of the Belize Kriol American Anthropological Association · Tampa · November 2024

Invited talks & international addresses

  • Panelist & Rapporteur — Conference on the Link between the World Heritage and Living Heritage Conventions UNESCO · Naples, Italy · November 2023
  • Integrating intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education (invited lecture) UNESCO Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) · 2021
  • Address on the role of culture in sustainable development 2nd UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture · Muscat, Oman · December 2017

Media & public scholarship

  • Featured expert, national feature on the history of slavery and emancipation in Belize 7News Belize · July 2025
  • Culture in the time of Covid: A view from the Caribbean Breaking Belize News · reposted on the Belize Living Heritage portal · 2020

Professional affiliations

  • Member, American Anthropological Association (AAA) 2024 – present
  • Member, Programming Committee, Association of Black Anthropologists (ABA) 2025 – present
  • Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society (top 4%) Rockhurst University