Director of Membership and Outreach
Matthew Longcore, Ph.D. is the Director of Membership and Outreach for the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University. He teaches Anthropology and Archaeology as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Connecticut. Matthew also serves as the faculty advisor for the UConn Stamford Anthropology Society.
Matthew manages marketing, public relations, and social media initiatives for membership retention and expansion. He creates educational materials using the eHRAF databases and incorporates them into teaching. Matthew corresponds with faculty, students, librarians, and researchers at current and prospective member institutions. Additionally, he represents HRAF at conferences including the American Anthropological Association (AAA), the Society for American Archaeology (SAA), and the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI).
Matthew earned a Ph.D. in Humanities from Salve Regina University. He holds a master’s degree in Archaeological Studies from Yale University, a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from Harvard University, and a master’s degree in Education from Fairfield University. Matthew received his bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Trinity College. As an undergraduate, he studied abroad at Oxford University.
As a doctoral student, Matthew worked with faculty advisors from History, Religious Studies, and the Noreen Stonor Drexel Cultural and Historic Preservation Program. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Dreaming Spires: Collegiate Gothic Architecture on American Campuses.” This study examines the rise and decline of the Protestant Establishment from the 19th to the early 20th centuries as it correlates to the rise and decline of the Collegiate Gothic architecture movement in America during the same period of time.
As a graduate student at Yale University, Matthew analyzed the stained glass windows crafted by artist G. Owen Bonawit at Yale’s Hall of Graduate Studies. As a recipient of the Michael Coe Fieldwork Fund, he participated in an excavation project led by the Office of State Archaeology. The site in South Glastonbury, Connecticut dates back to the mid-17th century and is an important archaeological site representing one of the earliest English settlements of the Connecticut River Valley.
Matthew is interested in history, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, religious studies, architectural history, social history, local history, and historic preservation. He serves on the Board of Directors for the New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.