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NAP Faculty

Piotr Bojakowski

Assistant Professor
Director, Steffy Ship Reconstruction Lab
Sara W. & George O. Yamini Professor in Nautical Archaeology

Office: Anthropology 105A
Email: piotr.bojakowski@tamu.edu

Deborah N. Carlson

Professor
Coordinator, Nautical Archaeology Program
President, Institute of Nautical Archaeology
George O. Yamini Family Chair in Nautical Archaeology

Office: Anthropology 124
Email: dnc@tamu.edu

Kevin Crisman

Professor
Advisor, M.S. MARC Program
Director, New World Laboratory
Vice President, Institute of Nautical Archaeology
George T. & Gladys H. Abell Chair in Nautical Archaeology

Office: ANTH 124
Email: kcrisman@tamu.edu

Katie Custer Bojakowski

Instructional Assistant Professor
Director & Curator, Anthropology Research Collection
IDEP Coordinator, Museum Studies Minor and Museum Internships

Office: Anthropology 312D
Email: katie.bojakowski@tamu.edu

Christopher M. Dostal

Assistant Professor
Director, Conservation Research Laboratory
Director, Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation
Chair, Archaeological Diving Control Board
Frederick R. Mayer Professor of Nautical Archaeology II

Office: Anthropology 102
Email: dostalc@tamu.edu

Carolyn Kennedy

Instructional Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation
Assistant Advisor, M.S. MARC Program

Office: Anthropology 122
Email: carolynkennedy13@tamu.edu

Cemal Pulak

Professor
Director, Old World Laboratory
Vice President, Institute of Nautical Archaeology
Frederick R. Mayer Professor of Nautical Archaeology I

Office: Anthropology 128A
Phone: (979) 845-6697
Email: pulak@tamu.edu

Shelley Wachsmann

Professor
Chair, INA Archaeological Committee
Meadows Professor of Biblical Archaeology

Office: Anthropology 121
Phone: (979) 847-9257
Email: swachsmann@tamu.edu

Former Faculty
Luis Filipe Vieira de Castro

Professor

Worked at TAMU from 2001-2021

Fred Hocker

Director of Research, Vasa Museum

Worked at TAMU from 1991-1999

C. Wayne Smith

Professor Emeritus

Worked at TAMU from 1997-2015