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In Memoriam: Gregory Cook 1966-2026 The faculty and students of NAP are deeply saddened to learn of the recent death of NAP alumnus Dr. Greg Cook. Greg was a magnetic member of NAP in the 1990s, earning an M.A. in…

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…