Stefan Woehlke

Stefan Woehlke is a Post-doctoral Associate in the Historic Preservation Program. His work focuses on community heritage empowerment by centering descendant communities in heritage projects. He is trained as a historical archaeologist that focuses on Cultural Landscape analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He also works as a digital preservationist focusing on the 3-D documentation of historic structures, memorials, archaeological excavations, and landscapes. Stefan’s current work focuses on developing community-centered heritage projects with the African American communities that surround the University of Maryland and College Park. These communities have historical associations dating back to the enslaved workers that built the campus starting in 1856. These same communities continued to work at the University as staff through the era of segregated higher education in Maryland, up to the present day. These community projects have included archaeological excavation, digital documentation of historic sites using laser scanning and photogrammetry, and the development of online interpretive materials using the digital data collected in local communities.