This African Diaspora Archeology Network (ADAN) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort which provides a focal point for dialogues concerning archaeological and historical studies of African diasporas. The ADAN seeks to connect an intellectual community that considers the historical processes of racialization, gender, power, and culture operating within and upon African descendant communities. Participants in the ADAN work towards these goals by, among other things, publishing a quarterly Newsletter, organizing forum meetings and workshops, and communicating research questions, results, data, and resources. A number of ADAN members also serve on the editorial board of the peer reviewed Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage (Taylor & Francis Press).

The ADAN has benefitted from the intellectual support and input of a number of collaborating scholars, including:

Anna Agbe-Davies	University of North Carolina
E. Kofi Agorsah	Portland State University
Douglas Armstrong	Syracuse University
Uzi Baram	Public Archaeology at Selby Botanical Gardens
Christopher Barton	Francis Marion University
Whitney Battle-Baptiste	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jodi Barnes	Independent Consultant
Richard Benjamin	Int'l Slavery Museum & U. Liverpool
Michael Blakey	College of William and Mary
Sara Bon-Harper	Ash Lawn Highland
Kenneth Brown	University of Houston
Marley Brown	College of William and Mary
Peggy Brunache	University of Glasgow
Temesgen Burka	Addis Ababa University
James Davidson	University of Florida
Shannon Lee Dawdy	University of Chicago
Christopher DeCorse	Syracuse University
Kelley Fanto Deetz	Stratford Hall
Kelly Dixon	University of Montana
Justin Dunnavant	University of California, Los Angeles
Ywone Edwards-Ingram	Virginia Commonwealth University
Christopher Espenshade	Independent Consultant
Toyin Falola	University of Texas, Austin
Paul Farnsworth	Temple University
Garrett Fesler	Alexandria Archaeology
Ayana Omilade Flewellen	Stanford University
Maria Franklin	University of Texas, Austin
Jillian Galle	Monticello Archaeology
Rebecca Ginsburg	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Edward González-Tennant	University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
Mark Groover	Ball State University
Grey Gundaker	College of William and Mary
Jerome Handler	Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Mark Hauser	Northwestern University
Barbara Heath	University of Tennessee
Linda Heywood	Boston University
Dan Hicks	Oxford University
Patrice Jeppson	Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Alexandra Jones	Archaeology in the Community
Joe Joseph	New South Associates
Kenneth Kelly	University of South Carolina
William Kelso	Jamestown Recovery
Cheryl LaRoche	University of Maryland, College Park
Nedra Lee	University of Massachusetts, Boston
Mark Leone	University of Maryland, College Park
Lydia Wilson Marshall	DePauw University
Terry Martin	Illinois State Museum
Christopher Matthews	Montclair State University
John McCarthy	Independent Scholar
Carol McDavid	Community Archaeology Research Institute
Larry McKee	Independent Scholar
J. Cameron Monroe	University of California, Santa Cruz
Philip Morgan	Johns Hopkins University
Fraser Neiman	Monticello Archaeology
Neil Norman	College of William and Mary
Alicia Odewale	Archaeology Rewritten
Akin Ogundiran	Northwestern University
Charles Orser, Jr.	Arizona State University
Warren Perry	Central Connecticut State University
Merrick Posnansky	University of California, Los Angeles
Adrian Praetzellis	Sonoma State University
Richard Price	College of William and Mary
Matthew Reeves	Montpelier Archaeology
Patricia Samford	Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
Douglas Sanford	University of Mary Washington
Paula Saunders	City University of New York
Paul Shackel	University of Maryland, College Park
Carmel Schrire	Rutgers University
Hannes Schroeder	University of Copenhagen
Alaba Simpson	Crawford University
Theresa Singleton	Syracuse University
Carl Steen	Diachronic Research Foundation
John Thornton	Boston University
Dell Upton	University of California, Los Angeles
Mark Warner	University of Idaho
Terrance Weik	University of South Carolina
Thomas Wheaton	New South Associates
Esther White	National Building Museum
William White	University of California, Berkeley
Laurie Wilkie	University of California, Berkeley
Anne Yentsch	Armstrong State University

In addition to the many collaborating researchers who participate in this network, this internet resource and quarterly Newsletter are hosted and published by Chris Fennell of the Department of African American Studies, Center for African Studies, and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

We welcome any and all suggestions, comments and critiques you may have as to the current contents of this site or for additional materials you would like to see presented here in the future. Please contact us by email at the address listed below if you would like to contribute to this network project in any way. News, announcements, and current discussions are also available on our Twitter page at @AfArchHeritage (link) and on (Facebook).