Dr. Koyana Flotte is a Harvard-trained ethnographer and applied anthropologist whose work bridges qualitative and field-based research, cultural resource management, and community-based consultation. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology from Harvard University, where her dissertation combined ethnographic and humanitarian applied research across Central America, Mexico, and the United States. A proud alumna of the University of Texas at Austin, she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She received the Dean’s Distinguished Graduate Award—the College of Liberal Arts’ highest honor—for her undergraduate thesis.

Since establishing her consulting practice, Dr. Flotte has partnered with businesses, universities, museums, foundations, and community organizations to advance projects in research, cultural heritage, cross-sector collaboration, and organizational strategy. Her portfolio includes collaborations with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mariposas Sin Fronteras, Big Bend Conservation Alliance, the JUDD Foundation, the Center for Cultural Power, People of La Junta for Preservation, the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, and Marfa Public Radio, among others. 

She is the Senior NAGPRA Coordinator for the Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens and an Adjunct Instructor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her broader professional commitments include serving as a Justice Fellow (2024–2025) with the American Bird Conservancy and as an apprentice in the Apprenticeship Program at Texas Folklife.
 

Dr. Flotte is also the co-founder and acting Executive Director of the Big Bend Arts and Conservation Circle (BBACC), where she leads initiatives integrating arts, culture, and environmental stewardship across West Texas and northern Mexico.