Cheryl Rodriguez, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Africana Studies, University of South Florida, President of the Association of Black Anthropologists

Professor Rodriguez is a cultural anthropologist who describes her work in Florida's oldest Black communities as "activist community research." She is the author of Women, Microenterprise and the Politics of Self Help (Garland Press, 1995), and continues to study gender, race and economic change in urban America.

Article in Edited Volume:

• "A Homegirl Goes Home: Black Feminism and the Lure of Native Anthropology." In Black Feminist Anthropology: Theory, Praxis, Practice and Poetics. Rutgers University Press.

Online Articles:

• "Anthropology and Womanist Theory: Changing the Discourse on Gender, Race, and Culture."
• "African American Anthropology and the Pedagogy of Activist Community Research." In Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Vol 27, No. 3 (Sep., 1996), 414-431.