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We are proud to announce that the Nautical Archaeology Program is working with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History as part of “The Gunboat Philadelphia Preservation Project”. The new exhibit will allow members of the public to see the…

Several NAP faculty and students are presenting at two different conferences this January: the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) conference and the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) conference. Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Dr. Cemal Pulak and Dr. Deborah Carlson…

On November 13, the Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences hosted the third annual Investiture Ceremony, which celebrates both the faculty who hold named chairs, professorships, and fellowships, and the donors who endowed those positions. This year, NAP Professor Shelley Wachsmann was…

Congratulations to Dr. Carolyn Kennedy for being awarded a $50,000 Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities! Using this grant, Dr. Kennedy will lead a project to improve critical infrastructure in the Conservation Research…

NAP congratulates Dr. Shelley Wachsmann, Meadows Professor of Biblical Archaeology, for being selected as a recipient of the Archaeological Institute of America’s (AIA) Publication Subvention Grant.  In his new book, Late Bronze Age Metal Artifacts off Hahotrim, Israel (Texas A&M University Press,…

NAP congratulates Ph.D. candidate Claire Zak (M.A. 2021) for being selected as a recipient of a 2025 Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, awarded by Texas A&M University’s Association of Former Students!  Claire received high praise from students enrolled in three courses…

On November 12, 2024, two NAP graduate students were finalists in the Master’s Division of Three Minute Thesis. NAP wishes to congratulate: Kimberly Breyfogle (below) – Finalist – Addressing Sulfuric Acid in Archaeological Wood Alyssa Carpenter – Winner of the…

In November 2024, the College of Arts and Sciences hosted the second annual Investiture Ceremony, in which three NAP faculty were recognized as recipients of endowed chairs and professorships that support their research and fieldwork.NAP would like to congratulate: Dr.…