Our research is focused on the myriad relationships between nature, culture and community.

Ongoing Research Projects

  • NC Ethnobotany Project & Ethnobotanical Monographs

    Historical research on the useful plants of North Carolina, made available in online ethnobotanical monographs.

  • NC Native American Ethnobotany Project

    Research on the plant knowledge of the Coharie, Waccamaw Siouan, and Haliwa-Saponi Tribes here in North Carolina.

  • Belize Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology Research

    Research on medicinal and other useful plants, as well as the applications of traditional ecological knowledge in Belize.