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Jorge L. Crespo Armáiz <ac_jcrespo@suagm.edu> posee un bachillerato en economía y una maestría en planificación de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras. Culminó el doctorado en filosofía en Historia de Puerto Rico y el Caribe en el Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. Su especialidad se centra en el análisis crítico de las imágenes visuales, en particular la fotografía, en su doble acepción como documento histórico y artefacto cultural. Entre sus artículos publicados se encuentran “Puerto Rico 3D: 100 años de historia a través de la estereoscopía” (2003, Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos de la Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico); “Fortalezas y Situados: La geopolítica española en el Gran Caribe y sus efectos sobre el desarrollo económico de Puerto Rico (1582-1809)” (2005, Sociedad Numismática de Puerto Rico) y “What can we do for Puerto Rico? Imágenes fotográficas en la promoción de la obra misionera en Puerto Rico durante el primer tercio del siglo XX” (2013, Ámbito de Encuentros, Universidad del Este, Carolina, Puerto Rico).

Brent W. Stoffle <brent.stoffle@noaa.gov> is an applied anthropologist currently working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Miami, Florida. Dr. Stoffle has been intimately involved in research in the Caribbean since 1988 and focused his dissertation research on micro credit and lending institutions in Barbados. His research has taken him all over the English and Spanish speaking Caribbean and he has published his findings in books, journals and technical reports in multiple venues. He has taught courses at colleges and universities throughout the US and regularly presents and organizes sessions at academic, professional and public venues both nationally and internationally. His work in the Caribbean has elevated discussions of race, gender and class, specifically focusing on the historic and contemporary strategies utilized by people of African ancestry in their efforts to create economic security and stability for themselves, their households and their social networks.

Richard W. Stoffle <rstoffle@email.arizona.edu> is a Professor of cultural anthropology in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. He has lived and worked in the Caribbean since he and his wife were Peace Corps Volunteers in Barbados and St. Lucia from 1965 to 1967. He has conducted research in the Dominican Republic, Antigua, Bahamas, and Barbados. He authored Caribbean Fisherman Farmers: A Social Impact Assessment of Smithsonian King Crab Mariculture and was a contributor to Marine Protected Areas: Tools for Sustaining Ocean Ecosystems. Many of his Caribbean technical reports [End Page 313] and publications can be found at Richard Stoffle Collection Archive <http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/270115>.

Jessica Minnis <jminnis@cob.edu.com> is an Associate Professor, in the School of Social Sciences, The College of The Bahamas located in Nassau, Bahamas. Professor Minnis participated as a senior researcher in the Bahamas Biocomplexity Project (BBP) funded by National Science Foundation through the American Museum of Natural History. As part of the BBP she led a social science research team to better understand the potential impacts of establishing Marine Protected Areas in the Bahamas. Her research findings appear in many articles and technical presentations. Additionally she was instrumental in organizing the recent conference entitled “The Bahamas at 40: Reflecting on the Past, Envisioning the Future” (June 2013) which was held at the College of the Bahamas.

Kathleen Van Vlack <kvanvlac@email.arizona.edu> is currently a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Arizona. She received her Ph.D. from the same university in 2012 with a degree in American Indian Studies and Applied Anthropology. She has spent over a decade working with six fishing dependent communities in the central Bahamas. Currently, doctor Van Vlack’s research focuses on issues pertaining to heritage management and environmental impact assessment with traditional and indigenous communities in North America and the Caribbean.

Jorge Núñez Vega <montebarreto@yahoo.es> es Doctor en Historia por la Universidad Pompeu...

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