David Gadsby
dgadsby@american.edu

I am a historical archaeologist with over a decade of experience in the field and hold a Masters of Applied Anthropology from the University of Maryland. I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. from American. My research focuses on archaeology, community and heritage in the working-class Baltimore neighborhood of Hampden. I am interested in whether archaeology can be a tool for social action, and whether promoting a strong sense of community heritage can help to democratize the process of gentrification that currently underway there. Although my research is quite local in scope, I am interested in the ways that local processes like gentrification are produced and reproduced globally.