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Michelle LeFebvre

Michelle LeFebvre is an Assistant Curator of Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History (FM), the Assistant Director of the FM Randell Research Center, and the Curator of the South Florida People & Environments exhibit. She oversees the curation, management, and accessibility of the FM’s South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography Collections. Centered within the synergy of culture and biology, she investigates long-term trends in human-environment engagements with an eye toward understanding the development of complex socio-ecological systems, how Indigenous biocultural legacies shape contemporary biodiversity, and how deep-time perspectives may aid conservation efforts. Throughout her work in Florida and the Caribbean Archipelago, LeFebvre prioritizes equal, peer to peer, collaboration with Indigenous peoples, descendent communities, local scientists, students, and conservation stakeholders. Archaeological data and museum collections accessibility and equity in collections care (e.g., representation of different voices and ontologies) are central to her role as an archaeologist and museum curator. Since 2019, LeFebvre has consulted and collaborated with the Seminole Tribe of Florida in the care of the Florida Ethnographic Collection, archaeological research design, museum exhibit design, and NAGPRA compliance.