Adjunct Professor of Anthropology

PhD, U of Pennsylvania, 1996
MA, U of Pennsylvania
BA, Sweet Briar College, 1991

Email - abennett@vcu.edu
Phone - 804.827.3422
Fax - 804.828.0127

Office - Lafayette Hall, Rm 313
            312 N. Shafer St.
            Richmond, VA 23220

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Amber Bennett received an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Psychology (1991) from Sweet Briar College before beginning her graduate work in the American Civilization Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received the M.A. and the Ph.D., specializing in Historical Archaeology. Undergraduate and graduate summers spent digging in Virginia led to her dissertation research on the lives of European women in Virginia between 1607 and 1640. Before coming to Virginia Commonwealth University, Dr. Bennett taught at Sweet Briar College and the University of Virginia. Dr. Bennett has excavated extensively in Virginia, including Williamsburg, Jamestown, Monticello, and Poplar Forest. During her academic career, Dr. Bennett has received a number of research grants, making possible her research at the childhood home of Booker T. Washington, Appomattox National Monument, Gaines Mill Battlefield, and Sweet Briar Plantation.