Resume

• 2016.

  Texas A&M University

  Paid writing fellowship meant to facilitate dissertation completion by May

  Office of Graduate Studies Dissertation Fellow

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Analyzed grain size and Lead-210 content of offshore sediment cores. Also performed field work in beach profiling

  coring

  remote sensing.

  Texas A&M University

  Lab Instructor

  Instructed Organic Chemistry and General Chemistry Undergraduate Labs

  prepared reagents & equipment.

  Texas A&M University at Galveston

  Institute of Nautical Archaeology

  College Station

  TX

  Manage diving safety and equipment maintenance and inventory for various underwater excavations and curate scientific dive plans and divers' personal files.

  Diving Safety Officer

  Prepared laboratory materials and reagents for organic chemistry courses

  serviced equipment

  performed general laboratory maintenance tasks.

  Texas A&M University at Galveston

  Archaeological Internship

  Developed personal project

  worked with passivation polymer technology in organic conservation

  and worked with artifacts from 1686 La Belle wreck.

  Texas A&M University

• 2010

  PhD

  Anthropology (Nautical Archaeology)

  Texas A&M University

• 2009

  MSc

  Archaeological Sciences

  Conservation Certificate: Texas A&M University

  Texas A&M University Cenver for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation

• 2004

  National Organization of Underwater Instructors

  Open Water Instructor/First Aid Instructor

  Society for Historical Archaeology

  American Academy of Underwater Sciences

  Scientific Diver

  Spanish

  English

  BA/BSc

  Maritime Studies/Marine Sciences (minors in Anthropology and Chemistry

• Analysis

  Research

  History

  Analytical Chemistry

  Archaeology

  Field Work

  Museum Collections

  Historic Preservation

  Organic Chemistry

  Editing

  Characterization

  Science

  Remote Sensing

  Geology

  Laboratory

  Microsoft Office

  Public Speaking

  Conservation Issues

  Data Analysis

  Scuba Diving

  A Sticky Business: Characterizing Non-Wooden Shipbuilding Materials using Intensive Analytical Techniques

  Submitted for published conference proceedings.

  A Sticky Business: Characterizing Non-Wooden Shipbuilding Materials using Intensive Analytical Techniques

  The Diving Archaeologist

  Microscopic Remains

  Big Discoveries: The Chemical Analysis of Ancient Ships

  Beginnings and Endings: The Final Field Season at Bajo de la Campana

  Excavation of a 4th century BC shipwreck off Mazotos

  Cyprus.

  Godavaya Shipwreck Excavation

  Excavation of the oldest known shipwreck in the Indian Ocean

  1st century BC.

  Bajo de la Campana Shipwreck Excavation

  Excavation of a 7th century BC Phoenician shipwreck under the direction of Mark Polzer and Juan Pinedo Reyes.

  White

  Laura

  White

  Texas A&M University

  Institute of Nautical Archaeology

  Institute of Nautical Archaeology

  Texas A&M University at Galveston

  Texas A&M University

  Godavaya

  Sri Lanka

  Overseeing diving safety

  diving records

  and project leadership for an international archaeological team excavating a 1st century BC shipwreck in Godavaya

  Sri Lanka.

  Associate Field Director: The Ancient Shipwreck at Godavaya

  Sri Lanka

  Institute of Nautical Archaeology

  College Station

  TX

  Full-Responsibility Instructor of Record for: \nANTH 205

  People and Cultures of the World

  85-100 students per semester\n ANTH 415

  Anthropological Writings

  20-student

  writing intensive section.\nANTH 210

  Social and Cultural Anthropology

  50-student section.

  Graduate Teaching Associate

  Texas A&M University

  New World Seafaring Lab

  Archaeological illustration

  collections management

  general research assistance.

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Texas A&M University

  Assisted in the instruction of basic openwater and advanced and rescue divers

  filled tanks and maintained gear

  led certified divers on independent dives.

  Texas A&M University at Galveston

  Archaeology Laboratory Manager

  Coordinated volunteer efforts

  analyzed and cleaned artifacts

  cataloged

  etc.

  Texas A&M University at Galveston