Alisha R . Winn | Palm Beach Atlantic University (original) (raw)

Alisha R. Winn, Ph.D. is an applied cultural anthropologist whose work focuses on space and place, identity, race, class, , educational disparities, historic preservation in communities, heritage education for youth, historic African American insurance companies, and oral histories. She received her Ph.D. from the University of South Florida in Applied Anthropology, MA in Anthropology (Georgia State University), BA in Anthropology (Florida Atlantic University), and a BA in Sociology (Bethune-Cookman University).

She is the owner and founder of Consider the Culture, a firm that incorporates anthropological knowledge incorporating anthropological knowledge to governmental, community, educational, and religious institutions, cultural belief systems and practices, language, ethnographic research, and community engagement. She is adjunct professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University’s School of Ministry, infusing community-engaged research and applied anthropology. Dr. Winn has also taught anthropology at Florida Atlantic University, Ashford University, Agnes Scott College, and Fayetteville State University.

She serves as consultant and project director for community, preservation, and education projects: the City of West Palm Beach's Community Redevelopment Agency, the Children Services Council of PBC's African American Virtual Oral History Project, the Palm Beach County African Diaspora Historical and Cultural Society, Inc. Oral History Project and the Osborne School Oral History Project. Dr. Winn has consulted for Habitat for Humanity's Historical Plaque Project and the Storm of '28 Memorial Park Coalition, Inc. She also provides educational and professional development to teachers and students in cultural anthropology and local African American History.

Dr. Winn has presented at numerous anthropology conferences, and published articles and book chapters on Community on Historical Narratives and Place,” “Memorializing and Identifying Sacred Grounds,” The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology on Ira E. Harrison: Activist, Scholar, and Visionary Pioneer, and “Diversity Dilemmas and Opportunities: Training the Next Generation of Anthropologists”.

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