Dr. Alisha Winn
CTC Research Consultant; Adjunct Professor, PBA School of Ministry
Education: B.A, Sociology, Bethune-Cookman University; B.A., Anthropology, Florida Atlantic University; M.A., Anthropology, Georgia State University; Ph.D., Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida.
Dr. Alisha R. Winn is an applied cultural anthropologist. She is the owner and founder of Consider the Culture, a firm that incorporates anthropological knowledge to governmental, community, educational, and religious institutions on the social construction of race, cultural belief systems and practices, language, ethnographic research, and community engagement; helping individuals within and outside of the classroom gain an appreciation for anthropology’s usefulness and relevance today.
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, and Fayetteville State University.
Dr. Winn serves as consultant and director for several community and heritage education projects; the preservation and community building efforts for the City of West Palm Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) on the Historic Northwest Rising Project, the Palm Beach County African American Oral History Pilot Project, and professional development to teachers and students on cultural anthropology in the Palm Beach County School System and Cultural Programs.
Dr. Winn has presented at numerous anthropology conferences, and published articles and book chapters on Community on Historical Narratives and Place,” “Community Redevelopment”, “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”. Her research interests include space and place, identity, race, class, historic preservation in communities, heritage education for youth, and oral histories.
