University of Connecticut
Kroum N. Batchvarov obtained his M.A. degree from the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University in 2002 and his Ph.D in 2009. Originally from Bulgaria, he organized and directed the first complete excavation of a Black Sea shipwreck in the southern bay of Kitten, Bulgaria. Read More
Tidewater Atlantic Research
Until retiring in 2010, John Broadwater was Chief Archaeologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. An underwater archaeologist, John has authored a book, nearly a dozen chapters in books by others, and numerous technical and popular articles, mostly concerning his research.
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Art Cohn is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (www.lcmm.org). After a short career in law, he became a professional diver and nautical archaeologist. During a 30-year career, and working in partnership with INA professor Kevin Crisman, Art has directed most of the shipwreck surveys, field schools and studies in Lake Champlain. Read More
National Institute of Anthropology and History
Archaeologist Pilar Luna Erreguerena is a pioneer in the recognition, investigation and preservation of the underwater archaeological heritage of Mexico. Read More
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Ford recently received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University through the Nautical Archaeology Program. His dissertation, “The Lake Ontario Maritime Cultural Landscape,” focuses on his extensive of investigation of the nature and distribution of historic and prehistoric archaeological sites along the Lake Ontario shore. Read More
Western Australia Maritime Museum
Jeremy has been involved in research in over 15 countries, and has developed training programs, including UNESCO Regional Workshops to advance underwater cultural heritage in countries such as China and Sri Lanka. Since 1994, Jeremy has been head of the Australian National Centre for Excellence in Maritime Archaeology. Read More
Brock University
A specialist in the maritime economy of the Archaic eastern Mediterranean, Elizabeth Greene is Associate Professor, Greek Art and Archaeology in the Dep't of Classics at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Greene holds a Ph.D. in Classics (Program in the Ancient World) from Princeton University. Read More
University of San Diego
Jerome Lynn Hall is a nautical archaeologist who received his doctorate in anthropology (specialty in nautical archaeology) at Texas A&M University. Before coming to USD, he was the underwater archaeologist for Puerto Rico and President of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Read More.
Central Connecticut State University
Faith Hentschel received her doctorate in Classical Archaeology from Yale University in 1982 and is currently a Professor at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT where she taught Archaeology and Art History from 1983. Read More
Trinity University
Nicolle Hirschfeld, an Associate Professor in the department of Classical Studies at Trinity University (San Antonio) graduated with an M.A. from the Nautical Archaeology Program in 1990 and received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Read More
Vasa Museum
Fred Hocker served as a shipwright’s apprentice at Mystic Seaport Museum before completing a B.A. in history at Middlebury College in 1984. He furthered his education with a diploma in history from Cambridge (1989) and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Texas A&M University (1991). He was employed as the Yamini Faculty Fellow and then Yamini Associate Professor of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M from 1991, teaching medieval maritime seafaring and the history of shipbuilding. Read More
University of Colorado
Bob Hohlfelder is a professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of History at the University of Colorado in Boulder. His special research interests are in ancient maritime history, the world of late antiquity, and ancient numismatics. Read More
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Loyola University
John McManamon is professor of Italian Renaissance History and Medieval Nautical Archaeology at Loyola University Chicago. He earned his B.A. (Philosophy) and M.A. (History) at the University of Detroit and his Ph.D. (History) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Read More.
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(Eastern Carolina University)
American Numismatic Society
Peter van Alfen is curator of ancient Greek coins at the American Numismatic Society in New York City, where he is also an adjunct professor at New York University. Read More
Flinders University
Wendy van Duivenvoorde is a lecturer (assistant professor) in maritime archaeology at Flinders University and an adjunct lecturer in archaeology at the University of Western Australia. Her current research is focused primarily on maritime trade and shipbuilding in the ancient Mediterranean and northwestern Europe. Read More
Coastal Carolina University
Cheryl Ward is a maritime archaeologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Coastal Carolina University. Dr. Ward currently serves as co-principal investigator for maritime artifacts at the pharaonic port at Wadi Gawasis on the Red Sea in Egypt and has just completed the reconstruction and sailing of an ancient Egyptian seagoing ship. Her recent projects include participating in remote surveys of both the ancient coastline and the deep anoxic layer in the Black Sea for INA. Read More
Tidewater Atlantic Research
For more than 35 years, Gordon Watts has been involved in underwater archaeological research and teaching. He returned to North Carolina to develop that state’s underwater archaeology program after working for the Florida Division of Archives History and Records Management on both early man sites in springs and shipwrecks in the Keys. After almost a decade of submerged cultural resource management, research and teaching with the Department of Cultural Resources, Watts retired as North Carolina’s first underwater archaeologist. Read More