Dennis J. Pogue, PhD (President, Virginia Slave Housing, Inc.)
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Maryland
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Dennis J. Pogue (PhD, American University) has more than 35 years’ experience as an archaeologist, museum administrator, educator, and historic preservationist. He holds an appointment as associate research professor and formerly served as the interim director of the Historic Preservation Program at the University of Maryland. He worked for 25 years at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, where he was the director of the archaeology program and then vice president for preservation. His scholarly interests lie in detailing and interpreting the material culture and society of early Virginia and Maryland, and his current research focuses primarily on identifying, documenting, and preserving the domestic architecture of Chesapeake slavery.
Douglas W. Sanford, PhD (Virginia Slave Housing, Inc.)
Professor (Retired)
University of Mary Washington
Historic Preservation Department
Douglas W. Sanford (PhD, University of Virginia), was a professor and Prince B. Woodard Chair in Historic Preservation, Department of Historic Preservation, at the University of Mary Washington (retired). He has more than 35 years’ experience in historical archaeology and historic preservation, with more than 20 years in higher education incorporating teaching and administration. His research specializations include the study of 18th- and 19th-century historic sites and plantations in the Chesapeake Bay region, with a focus on the archaeology and architecture of enslaved African Americans. For 20 years he directed an archaeological field school at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Jared Schmitz, ARHP (Graduate Assistant)
University of Maryland
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation