Research - Belize

I conducted applied ethnographic research northern Belize between 2012 and 2025 while leading an ethnographic field school as part of the Center for Applied Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University.

Hume, Douglas W. In press. “Yucatec Maya of Belize.” In Global Indigenous Cultures: Struggles for Survival, edited by Sharlotte Neely and Douglas W. Hume. New York: Berghahn Books.

Hume, Douglas W., Maria Batchenkova, William M. Bergman, Caroline Boehmer, Cheyenne Mondragon, Pam Pepper, Emilio Ramos, and Trey Uwate. 2026. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (Summer 2025).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, NKU. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4760. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2025. “Legacy of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize.” Annals of Anthropological Practice 49 (1): e12233. https://doi.org/10.1111/napa.12233. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W., Lea B. Baker, Corinne R. Campbell, Claire H. Croxton, Tristan T. Cruz, Rebbecca M. Eder, Eric Mendez, Manuel Perez, Maria Stone, Ripley E. Winters, and Jessica Lott. 2025. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (Summer 2024).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, NKU. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4772. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W., Rebbecca Eder, Chantal Kifunga, Diego Salinas, and Joshua Stephenson. 2022. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (Summer 2021).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, NKU. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4773. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W., Lydia Alvarez, Julia Arzu, Abigail Burbank, Christian Cansino, Miranda Kaplan, Musseit M’Bareck, Jordan Myers, Madalyn Roberts, Edward Stephens, and Christy Valdez. 2021. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (Summer 2019).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, NKU. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4780. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W., Karin Floyd-Glutz, Autumn Gilbert, Rachael Haupt, Fantasia Mejia, Laura Oprisch, Andrea Shiverdecker, and Adriane Pontecorvo. 2019. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2018 Season).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, NKU. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4774. Cite - Download

Murrell, Laura Bronte, and Douglas W. Hume. 2018. “A Comparison of Farmers’ Perceived Impacts on the Environment in Belize and Kentucky.” Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology 8 (1): 19–33. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4775. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W., Kourtney Zigelmier, Allison Cate, Anna Cloud, Tessa Forwalt, Emily Fox, Laura Bronte Murrell, Samir Pich, Cailey Radcliffe, Emily Stephen, Samuel Velasquez, and Sage Boyers. 2018. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2016 Season).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, NKU. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4776. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W., Clara Maxine Bone, Hannah Grace Howard, Charlee Hutchinson, Stefan Kienzle, Marguerite Kinne, Samantha Louise Krieger, Katie Nicole Ragland, Cassidy Ann Reeves, Linette Sabid, and Rachel Lee Tidwell. 2016. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2015 Season).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, NKU. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4777. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W., Colin Bindas, Stephanie Feltner, Gabriella Locke, Ian Takaoka, Nicholas Thaxton, Jade Michel Underland, and Gina Yoon. 2015. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2014 Season).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, NKU. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4778. Cite - Download

Zach, Stephanie, and Douglas W. Hume. 2014. “Changing Mortuary Rites: An Ethnohistory of 19th Century and Contemporary Religion in Northern Belize.” Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology 4 (2): 149–61. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4762. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W., Adelle Bricking, Rosa Christophel, Jesse Hendricks, Sofia Javed, Gabrielle Locke, Lydia Schuldt, Evan Steelman, Nicholas Thaxton, and Stephanie Zach. 2014. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2013 Season).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, NKU. https://hdl.handle.net/11216/4764. Cite - Download