Background
Higgs, Elizabeth Wayne was born on August 20, 1953 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Emmett Wayne and Frieda Louise (Lee) Higgs.
Higgs, Elizabeth Wayne was born on August 20, 1953 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Emmett Wayne and Frieda Louise (Lee) Higgs.
Bachelor, Harding U., 1974; Master of Education, Mississippi State University, 1976; Master of Arts, U. Georgia, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Florida, 1990.
Teaching assistant in anthropology, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1981; research assistant Latin American Studies Center, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1981-1982; Fulbright scholar, United States Information Agency, Washington, 1983-1984; adjunct faculty member in social science, U. Evansville, Indiana, 1986; lecturer in sociology, U. Alabama, Huntsville, 1990-1991; member of advisory board, Cultural Arts Coalition, Gainesville, 1991-1994; history/folk arts coordinator, Florida Department of State, White Springs, 1991-1994; adjunct instructor in anthropology, U. North Florida, Jacksonville, 1993-1994; temporary assistant professor anthropology, Valdosta (Georgia) State University, since 1994.
Member American Anthropol. Association, L.Am. Studies Association, Southern Anthropol. Society (judge graduate student papers 1994-1995), Association for Feminist Anthropologists, Society for Applied Anthropology.