Instructional Assistant Professor
Worked at TAMU from 2022-present
Bio
Dr. Katie Custer Bojakowski is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Nautical Archaeology Program. She serves as the Director and Curator of the Anthropology Research Collection, the Director of the Museum Studies Minor, and the Museum Studies Internship Coordinator. Dr. Custer Bojakowski has directed and collaborated on many nautical archaeology projects. Her doctoral research focused on the iconographic analysis of 15-17th century Iberian ships: the Caravel, Galleon, and Nau. She co-directed the excavation of Warwick and documented the 19th-century Pacific Schooner Equator using archaeological recording and advanced technologies like drone photogrammetry and LiDAR. Her current research includes the excavation of the Cape Ratac Wreck in Croatia, a 17th-century shipwreck with Venetian glass cargo. Dr. Custer Bojakowski also conducts research as part of the Anthropology Research Collection. She is currently directing research on Collections Management Perspectives on Coprolite Collections. Additionally, she has ongoing research on Collections Management of Archaeological Soil and Geological Samples. This study from the Anthropology Research Collection details how reducing and deaccessioning excess soil, sediment, and geological samples can optimize storage, improve sample care, and enhance collections management efficiency. Dr. Custer Bojakowski is also currently working on a NEH-funded Collections Assessment Research Project.
Selected Publications
- P. Bojakowski, K. Custer-Bojakowski, A. J. Billingsley, and R. O. Palomino Berrocal, “Terrestrial Laser Scanning and UAV Photogrammetry in Documentation of Historic Ships: A case study based on the late 19th-century schooner Equator,” Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (under review, 2024).
- P. Bojakowski and K. Custer-Bojakowski, “The Many Lives of Equator: History and Analysis of the late 19th-century Pacific Schooner (Part 1),” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (2024), 1-22. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10572414.2024.2400509
- P. Bojakowski, and K. Custer-Bojakowski, “Warwick: An interim report on artefact assemblage recovered from the early 17th-century English ship, Castle Harbour, Bermuda,” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 52.2 (2023), 336-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572414.2023.2224014
- P. Bojakowski, and K. Custer-Bojakowski, “Warwick: report on the excavation of the early 17th-century English shipwreck; Castle Harbour, Bermuda,” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 46.2 (2017), 284-302. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1095-9270.12263
- P. Bojakowski, K. Custer-Bojakowski, and P. Naughton, “A Comparison Between Structure from Motion and Direct Survey Methodologies on the Warwick,” Journal of Maritime Archaeology 10.2 (2015), 159-180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-015-9141-4
- P. Bojakowski and K. Custer-Bojakowski, “The Warwick: results of the survey of an early 17th-century Virginia Company ship,” Post-Medieval Archaeology, 45.1 (2011), 41–53. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581311X12983864587936
- Castro, Filipe Viera de Castro and Katie Custer (Editors), 2008, Edge of Empire: Proceedings of the Symposium “Edge of Empire” Held at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Sacramento CA. Caleidoscópio, Portugal.
- Custer, Katie, 2008, Exploration and Empire: Iconographic Evidence of Iberian Ships of Discovery in Edge of Empire: Proceedings of the Symposium “Edge of Empire” Held at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Sacramento CA edited by Filipe Castro and Katie Custer. Caleidoscópio, Portugal.
Courses Taught
- ANTH 305: Fundamentals of Anthropological Writing
- ANTH 418: Romans, Arabs, and Vikings: Seafaring in the Mediterranean in the Early Christian Era
- MUST 221: Foundations of Museum Studies
- ANTH 421: Advanced Museum Studies
- ANTH 464/664: Cultural Heritage and Resource Management
- ANTH 484: Anthropology Internship
- ANTH 640: Anthropological Ethics and Professionalism
Students Supervised
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