Dr. Pearl is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Maritime Studies Program at Texas A&M University in Galveston. He also has graduate faculty appointments with the Department of Marine Sciences in Galveston and the Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University in College Station. He received his B.A. from San Diego State University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He joined the faculty of Texas A&M Galveston in 2001. He teaches Archaeology of the Old World, Archaeology of the Pacific, Social and Cultural Anthropology, International Maritime Culture, and Introduction to Museums and Conservation. His current field projects are in American Samoa. He recently wrapped up a field project funded by the National Geographic Society, with ongoing research taking place here in Texas. In 2013 he plans to make a trip to Sweden to further look into his studies in anthropology in that region.  Special thanks to Dr. Fred Pearl for growing the Mast program since his start in 2001. He has shown dedication and commitment toward making the Mast program a truely unforgetful experience. (TOP)

Dr. Mark is an Associate Professor in the Maritime Studies Program at Texas A&M University in Galveston. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in College Station in 2000, and joined the faculty of Texas A&M University at Galveston in 2001. His research includes ancient seafaring and paleopathology. His books include From Egypt to Mesopotamia, in which he proposes possible trade routes, connecting Egypt to Mesopotamia before the pharaohs; and Homeric Seafaring, in which he interprets the seafaring culture described in the Iliad and the Odyssey based on ancient documents, archaeological discoveries, ancient iconography, and ethnographies. He has studied ancient Mediterranean ships built primarily for carrying bulk cargoes of marble. He also conducts active research in the field of paleopathology, with publications in the Journal of the History of Medicine and the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. His recent published journals were the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, International   nd the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. (TOP)
 

 Tom Oertling, MA (Anthropology)                          

 Courses Taught in MAST Curriculum

 

 

 

Don Willett, PhD (History)

Courses Taught in MAST Curriculum

• HIST 232 History of American Seapower

Dr. Donald Willett is an Associate Professor in the Maritime Studies Program at Texas A&M University at Galveston. He received his BA in History from St. Edwards University in 1972, his MA in history from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1976 and his PhD in American history from Texas A&M University in 1985. His areas of research include United States maritime history and Texas history. He is a past-president of the East Texas Historical Association and is on the Board of Directors of the Gulf South Historical Association. His area of research focuses on United States maritime labor history, so he would like to contact Mexican scholars who focus on Mexican maritime labor and share research. Dr. Donald Willett teaches American History, American Civil War and Reconstruction, Texas History, and History of American Seapower. (TOP)

John Carhart, MA (Political Science)

Courses Taught in MAST Curriculum

• POLS 331 World Politics
• POLS 347 Politics of Energy and the Enviroment

John Carhart is a Senior Lecturer and Assistant Department Head of the Department of General Academics at Texas A&M University at Galveston. A faculty member since 1989, Mr. Carhart has extensive experience working for election campaigns and elected officials in both the Democratic and Republican parties. His resume includes experience at the local,  state, and national levels. Mr. Carhart teaches State and Local Government, American Government, Political Conflicts of the Middle East, World Politics, and Politics of Energy and the Environment. (TOP)

 

Carol Bunch-Davis, PhD (English)

Carol Bunch Davis joined the General Academics faculty as a lecturer in English in the Fall of 2003.  She received a B.A. in Communication from Trinity University, an M.A. in Literature from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and a Ph.D. in English (Film, Literature and Culture) from the University of Southern California. Dr. Bunch-Davis teaches Rhetoric and Composition, Introduction to Literature, African American Literature, and Research Writing in Maritime Studies. (TOP)

 

Darren Domsky, PhD (Philosophy)

Courses Taught in MAST Curriculum

• PHIL 314 Enviromental Ethics

Darren Domsky is an Assistant Professor in the Maritime Studies Program, with a BA (honors) and MA from the University of Alberta and a PhD from York University.  He teaches environmental ethics, ethical theory, and formal logic.  His recent and forthcoming publications include “Why Callicott’s Communitarian Environmental Ethic is not Holistic,” The Journal of Value Inquiry; “The Inadequacy of Ecological Communitarianism,” Environmental Ethics; “Tossing the Rotten Thing Out: Eliminating Bad Reasons not to Solve the Problem of Moral Luck,” Philosophy; “Keeping a Place for Meta-Ethics: Assessing Elliot’s Dismissal of the Subjectivism/Objectivism Debate in Environmental Ethics,” Metaphilosophy; “There Is No Door: Finally Solving the Problem of Moral Luck,” The Journal of Philosophy; and “Evaluating Callicott’s Attack on Stone’s Moral Pluralism,” Environmental Values. (TOP)