Dr. Katie Bojakowski

Biography

Katie Custer Bojakowski is an Instructional Assistant Professor and Director & Curator of the Anthropology Research Collection at Texas A&M University. She specializes in Nautical Archaeology, focusing on studies that span from the post-medieval to early modern seafaring periods, particularly between the 16th and 20th centuries. Her interests include ship construction and reconstruction, iconography of ships, early cartography, and the social archaeology related to seafaring vessels. She actively engages in Cultural Heritage Resource Management, emphasizing the historic preservation of shipwrecks and environmental impacts of polluting wrecks. Her notable projects include the Cape Ratac Wreck survey in Croatia and the preservation of the historic Schooner Equator. Bojakowski’s research also covers maritime exploration during the Age of Discovery with a focus on the iconographic evidence of maritime vessels. She holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, obtained in 2011, and contributes extensively to the academic community through teaching courses on anthropology and museum studies.

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