I entered the CRM program in autumn 2002 after completing my Master’s degree in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southampton. My Master’s thesis titled, Reburial of Organic Archaeological Material, discusses the feasibility and practicality of reburying organic archaeological material as a method of in-situ preservation. While in Southampton, I was introduced to the importance of smaller, traditional, locally produced vessels from various periods. My doctoral research in logboats stems from this introduction. My interests in the CRM program are small craft archaeology, indigenous vessels, logboats and dugout canoes, whaling vessels, ethics in maritime archaeology, and maritime archaeology in the public sphere. During the summer of 2004, I worked as an intern for NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary Program in the Maritime Heritage Program/Monitor National Marine Sanctuary offices in Newport News, VA. While there I worked on the excavation of the Monitor’s iconic revolving turret and attended NOAA’s annual Maritime Heritage Conference. I am currently working on researching my dissertation topic, logboats of southeastern United States. My dissertation investigates the relation of logboat form to the environment in which they are constructed and used, the possible function of the logboat, and the boat-building tradition, or culture, the logboat comes from.
