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LaKisha Tawanda David is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Illinois University. Her research integrates biological and sociocultural anthropology, focusing on the biological social aspects of genetic genealogy among individuals with recent ancestry in Africa. She explores family and ethnic identity development among African Americans, utilizing genetic genealogy to identify and interact with genetic relatives in Africa. Furthermore, she examines African perspectives on the involvement of genetic genealogy in connecting descendants to their ancestors taken from Africa during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Her work emphasizes African perspectives and those of the African diaspora, investigating the computational techniques used to infer genetic genealogy networks that extend over nine generations. This method provides a significant link, connecting Africans to members of the historic African diaspora and highlighting shared family and population histories. At the core of her research is a profound quest to unravel the genetic, historical, and emotional narratives interwoven through time within genomes, supporting the quest for identity and belonging.
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