Kelly Britt

Assistant Professor
Anthropology and Archaeology

Historic preservation work has allowed Kelly Britt to work in a variety of settings, including the federal government, museums, academia and private cultural resource management firms, in addition to freelance projects and consulting. She has written several successful Network to Freedom designations for Underground Railroad sites in Pennsylvania and several pieces on heritage tourism and community archaeology including a chapter in the 2007 edited work, Archaeology as a Tool of Civic Engagement by AltaMira Press. She has served on several boards of directors for various archaeological organizations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York and is currently acting President of Professional Archaeologists of New York City (PANYC), a not-for-profit organization devoted to the protection and preservation of New York City's archaeological sites. She has always felt service is an important part of any position within a chosen career path.