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Code of Ethics (Posted June 19, 2023)

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Ethical Conduct Panel Bios

Edith Gonzalez, Panel Member

Edith Gonzalez is an historical archaeologist studying the flow of scientific knowledge within the context of transatlantic slavery – centering traditional ecological knowledge of the enslaved and its influence on global economies. She has an extensive career in museums and is dedicated to communicating scientific research to public audiences. She has been awarded graduate degrees in anthropology from Hunter College (MA), University of Virginia (MA), and The Graduate Center – City University of New York (MPhil, and PhD). As a member of the IACA ethics committee, she hopes to participate in the creation of shared spaces, which advance justice and inclusion for researchers and community stakeholders. Dr.Gonzalez is a recent Research Fellow of the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library and the current Science Advisory Fellow to the Story Collider, a show and podcast whose mission is to reveal the vibrant role that science plays in all of our lives through the art of personal storytelling. She is a two-time champion of the “Smut Slam” storytelling show because of her creative use of profanity and complete lack of shame. In her spare time, she is a sci-fi fangirl and enjoys throwing elaborate dinner parties.

Kathrin Nägele, Panel Member


Kathrin Nägele is a group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany; and a member of the Caribbean Research Institute based at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. Her research uses archaeogenetic methods to add evidence on island settlement, connections, and societal structures throughout the human history of the Caribbean. One aspect of particular interest is the multifaceted ethical dimension of ancient DNA work, for which no specific laws or guidelines exist at the moment. As a member of the IACA ethics committee, she hopes to help foster safe and inclusive environments in Caribbean Archaeological research and work towards a more just collaboration between different stakeholders and communities. In her free time, she loves to take her three children along for gardening, cooking and the outdoors. After undergraduate studies in Marine Biology and Systematics, Kathrin holds a PhD from the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Eric Rodríguez-Delgado, Panel Member


Eric Rodríguez-Delgado is a PhD Candidate and a member of the Human Ecology Lab and the Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology at UC San Diego. Eric’s research in anthropological archaeology draws inspiration from his cultural background as part of the Colombian Diaspora in the US to examine how past communities migrated and adapted to the changing Caribbean landscapes of the Late Holocene. As part of the IACA ethics committee, he hopes to support equal and equitable relationships in field and lab settings and promote safe and inclusive research practices for principal investigators, students, and community members. Beyond academia, Eric enjoys caring for his plants, recreational scuba diving, and expanding his culinary skills using traditional and sustainable approaches. Eric holds B.Phil in Anthropology and History from the University of Pittsburgh and a MA in Maritime Archaeology from the University of Southampton.

Marianny Aguasvivas, Panel Member

Marianny is a research master student doing Caribbean Archaeology and Heritage and Museum studies at Leiden University. Coming from the Dominican Republic, her research focuses on the misrepresentation of African legacy in Dominican museums. Her main research interests are decolonisation, multi-vocality, and more recently community outreach. She is proud to speak the three main IACA languages fluently, (Spanish, English and French) as well as some Portuguese, and is trying to study Dutch at a painfully slow pace. As part of the IACA Ethics Panel Marianny hopes to be able to represent and support the members of the IACA in a way that makes them feel heard and understood, she gives a lot of importance to mental wellbeing and speaking out for unheard voices. Among her multiple hobbies stand out drawing, knitting, crocheting, dancing, cooking, growing an always dying plant collection, going on long walks and talking about her cat. She is only successful at the last one. Marianny holds a BA in Art History, Archaeology and Anthropology from University of East Anglia.

Felicia Fricke, Board Representative


Felicia is an archaeologist, osteologist, and (oral) historian who has been studying inequality and colonialism in Europe and the Americas for over a decade. In 2019 she received her doctorate in the interdisciplinary study of enslaved lifeways in the Dutch Caribbean from the University of Kent. She has several years of experience in archaeological fieldwork in the commercial and research sectors, and has published a number of peer reviewed articles and book chapters in English, Dutch, and Papiamentu, as well as a monograph based on her PhD thesis. Between 2019 and 2022, she spearheaded the working group that developed the new IACA Code of Ethics. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Caribbean history project IN THE SAME SEA at the University of Copenhagen. In her spare time, she likes bouldering, reading, and ink drawing.