{"id":15129,"date":"2023-07-17T11:25:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T15:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/?post_type=profile&p=15129"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:54:42","slug":"andreana-cunningham","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/profile\/andreana-cunningham\/","title":{"rendered":"Andreana Cunningham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Affiliations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Archaeology Program<\/span><\/a>, African American & Black Diaspora Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

Areas of Expertise<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

African diaspora, migration history, non-invasive bioarchaeology, osteology, biosocial variation, interdisciplinary archaeology, community-based research <\/span><\/p>\n

View Professor Cunningham’s CV – March 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

About<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andreana (Andree) Cunningham is an interdisciplinary anthropologist whose research integrates bioarchaeological and archival evidence to examine the biosocial effects of the slave trade. She is specifically interested in the patterns of variation that existed for enslaved people in regions that are not traditionally placed in dialogue (currently the Caribbean, South Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean). Her research also examines the ways that these sites of the slave trade can be used to reimagine theory and practice around heritage preservation and community engagement. Andree has conducted fieldwork centered around non-invasive osteology, archival analysis, and community-based efforts in the U.S., St. Helena, and South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

www.andreanacunningham.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Andreana-Cunningham<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>How to pronounce my name<\/a><\/p>\n

Selected Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shuler K.A., Cunningham, A.S<\/strong>. (2024). African Diasporas: Bioarchaeological Approaches to Intercontinental and Global Legacies of Displacement. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, 1-46.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cunningham A.S. (2024). Postmortem Racialization: Reconceptualizing Frantz Fanon\u2019s Black Subject. Transforming Anthropology, 32(1), 27-38.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dwyer I., Justinvil, D., Cunningham, A.S<\/strong>. (2023). Caribbeanist casualties: Examining the Intersections of Migration and Forensic Identification through Critical Biocultural Approaches to Structural Violence. Forensic Science International: Synergy, 6<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cunningham, A.S. (2026). Considering the journey toward equitable bioarchaeological research practices: An example in the South Atlantic. In Felicia Fricke and Eduardo Herrera Malatesta (Eds.),\u00a0<\/span>Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future<\/i>. University Press of Florida.<\/div>\n
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Cunningham, A.S. (2025). Atlantic Crossings: Biosocial interventions in African diasporic bioarchaeological thought and practice. In Rachel Watkins and Sheela Athreya (Eds.), American Journal of Biological Anthropology,\u00a0<\/span>188<\/i>(2), e70140 (Special Issue).\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ajpa.70140<\/a><\/div>\n

Courses<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • \u25a0 AN\/AA 287: Slavery and the In-Between\u25a0 AN\/AR\/AA 301: African Diaspora Archaeology\u25a0 AN\/AR 357: Bioarchaeology and the Body\n

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