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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
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

Associate Professor
Director, Conservation Research Laboratory
Director, Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation
Frederick R. Mayer Professor of Nautical Archaeology II

Office: Anthropology 102
Email: dostalc@tamu.edu

Carolyn Kennedy

Instructional Associate Professor
Associate Director, Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation
Advisor, M.S. MARC Program
Chair, Archaeological Diving Control Board

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