Edward González-Tennant
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Director of GIS Program
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2011
Office: Howard Hall 326
E-mail: egonzale@monmouth.edu
Web Site: www.anthroyeti.com
Telephone: 732-571-4458
Edward González-Tennant's research interests include archaeology, diaspora studies, geographic information systems (GIS), new media and heritage, and violence studies. He has conducted research in New Zealand, Norway, the Caribbean, and the American South. He is particularly interested in finding innovative ways to translate academic research into public knowledge. His doctoral research explored how GIS, virtual world environments (VWE), and digital storytelling could illuminate the role historic violence plays in conditioning modern social inequality.
CURRENT PROJECTS:
Heritage studies and archaeological field schools on Nevis, West Indies (2012 field school information is here) and Eleuthera, Bahamas. Documentary archaeology and oral history of 1970 Asbury Park riot. Decolonizing the archaeological database.
Developing Monmouth University's GIS Program. This includes expanding the minor to include new courses in spatial analysis and remote sensing.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Creating a Diasporic Archaeology of Chinese Migration: Tentative Steps Across Four Continents. International Journal of Historical Archaeology 15(3): 509-532. 2011.
Virtual Archaeology and Digital Storytelling: A Report from Rosewood, Florida. African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter September, 2010.
Community Centered Praxis in Conflict Archaeology: Creating an Archaeology of Redress with the 1923 Race Riot in Rosewood, Florida. SAA Archaeological Record 10(4): 60-61. 2010.
Generating "Living Documents" with GPS & GIS for Archaeology: A Case Study from the Otago Goldfields, New Zealand. Historical Archaeology 43(3): 20-37.
A Sample Geodatabase Structure for Managing Archaeological Data and Resources with ArcGIS. Technical Briefs in Historical Archaeology 2:12-23.
