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.

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

Anna Agbe-Davies	DePaul University
E. Kofi Agorsah	Portland State University
Douglas Armstrong	Syracuse University
Whitney Battle-Baptiste	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Timothy Baumann	Indiana University
Jane Eva Baxter	DePaul University
Mary Beaudry	Boston University
Richard Benjamin	International Slavery Museum
Michael Blakey	College of William and Mary
Sara Bon-Harper	Monticello Archaeology
Jamie Brandon	Southern Arkansas University
Kenneth Brown	University of Houston
Marley Brown	College of William and Mary
Peggy Brunache	University of Edinburgh
Temesgen Burka	Addis Ababa University
Jakob Crockett	University of South Carolina
James Davidson	University of Florida
Shannon Lee Dawdy	University of Chicago
Christopher DeCorse	Syracuse University
Kelley Deetz	University of California, Berkeley
Kelly Dixon	University of Montana
Ywone Edwards-Ingram	College of William and Mary
Christopher Espenshade	New South Associates
Toyin Falola	University of Texas, Austin
Paul Farnsworth	William Self Assocs.
Leland Ferguson	University of South Carolina
Garrett Fesler	James River Institute for Archaeology
Maria Franklin	University of Texas, Austin
Jillian Galle	Monticello Archaeology
Rebecca Ginsburg	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
David Gradwohl	Iowa State University
Mark Groover	Ball State University
Grey Gundaker	College of William and Mary
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall	Rutgers University
Jerome Handler	Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Mark Hauser	University of Notre Dame
Barbara Heath	University of Tennessee
Linda Heywood	Boston University
Dan Hicks	Oxford University
John Janzen	University of Kansas
Patrice Jeppson	University of Pennsylvania
Joe Joseph	New South Associates
Kenneth Kelly	University of South Carolina
William Kelso	Jamestown Recovery
Cheryl LaRoche	University of Maryland, College Park
Mark Leone	University of Maryland, College Park
Paul Lovejoy	York University
Wyatt MacGaffey	Haverford College
Terry Martin	Illinois State Museum
Christopher Matthews	Hofstra University
John McCarthy	S&ME Inc.
Mary McCorvie	Shawnee National Forest Archaeology
Carol McDavid	Community Archaeology Research Institute
Larry McKee	TRC Garrow Associates
J. Cameron Monroe	U. California, Santa Cruz
Philip Morgan	Johns Hopkins University
Paul Mullins	Indiana-Perdue Univ. Indianapolis
Fraser Neiman	Monticello Archaeology
Neil Norman	College of William and Mary
Akin Ogundiran	U. North Carolina, Charlotte
Merrick Posnansky	University of California, Los Angeles
Charles Orser, Jr.	New York State Museum
Robert Paynter	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Warren Perry	Central Connecticut State University
Adrian Praetzellis	Sonoma State University
Richard Price	College of William and Mary
Matthew Reeves	Montpelier Archaeology
Patricia Samford	N. C. Dept. of Cultural Resources
Douglas Sanford	University of Mary Washington
Paula Saunders	City University of New York
Paul Shackel	University of Maryland, College Park
Carmel Schrire	Rutgers University
Robert Schuyler	University of Pennsylvania
Alaba Simpson	Covenant University
Theresa Singleton	Syracuse University
Robert Farris Thompson	Yale University
John Thornton	Boston University
Dell Upton	University of California, Los Angeles
John Michael Vlach	American University
Mark Warner	University of Idaho
Terrance Weik	University of South Carolina
Thomas Wheaton	New South Associates
Esther White	Mount Vernon Archaeology
Laurie Wilkie	University of California, Berkeley
Anne Yentsch	Armstrong Atlantic State University
Amy Young	University of Southern Mississippi

In addition to the many collaborating researchers who participate in this network, this internet resource and quarterly Newsletter are edited by Chris Fennell and hosted by the Department of African American 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.