Carrie Bess DouglassCarrie Bess Douglass is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia, and the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Douglass started research about Jefferson's horses in 2008 as a Fellow at te International Center of Jefferson Studies, located at Monticello. Feeling close identification with both her research subject and his geography, yet true to her anthropological background, she saw herself as doing field work in 18th century Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson as her main informant.