MAST Faculty & Staff
Dr. Samuel E. Mark
Professor
Department of Liberal Studies (Anthropology/Archeology)
and Department of Anthropology
marks@tamug.edu
Phone: (409) 741-4325
MAST Courses Taught:
- ANTH 225 (Intro to Biological Anthropology)
- ANTH 316 (Nautical Archaeology)
- ANTH 351 (Classical Archaeology)
- ANTH 423 (Bioarchaeology)
- CLAS 371 (In Search of Homer and Trojan War)
- MAST 350 (History of Wooden Ship Construction)
- MAST 354 (Ancient Egyptian Seafaring)
Thomas J. Oertling
Instructional Assistant Professor
Department of Liberal Studies (Nautical Archaeology)
oertlint@tamug.edu
Phone: (409) 741-4026
MAST Courses Taught:
- ANTH 202 (Introduction to Archaeology)
- ANTH 313 (Historical Archaeology)
- ANTH 318 (Nautical Archaeology of the Americas)
- MAST 345 (Texas Maritime History)
- MAST 352 (Crafts of the Maritime World)
- MAST 345 (Texas Maritime History)
- MAST 441 (Maritime Piracy)
Dr. Frederic B. Pearl
Associate Professor
Department of Liberal Studies (Anthropology)
and Department of Marine Sciences
pearlf@tamug.edu
Phone: (409) 740-4935
MAST Courses Taught:
- ANTH 350 (European Archaeology)
- MAST 371 (Archaeology of the Pacific)
- MAST 333 (Viking Archaeology and Norse Mythology)
Dr. JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz
Professor and Head, Department of Liberal Studies, Texas A&M Galveston
digeorgj@tamug.edu
Phone: (409) 740-4463
MAST Courses Taught:
- MAST 336 (Maritime Foreign Policy)
- MAST 425 (Thesis Writing and Research)
Dr. Brett Furth
Instructional Assistant Professor
Department of Liberal Studies (Anthropology), Texas A&M Galveston
furthb@tamug.edu
Phone: (409) 741-7147
MAST Courses Taught:
- ANTH 210 (Social and Cultural Anthropology)
- MAST 425
Dr. Elizabeth Nyman
Assistant Professor
Department of Liberal Studies (Maritime Policy), Texas A&M Galveston
enyman@tamug.edu Bldg# 3007, Office 217
Phone: (409) 740-4762
MAST Courses Taught:
- MAST 441 (Maritime Piracy)
- POLS 347 (politics of Energy and the Environment)
Dr. Daniel S. Traber
Professor
Department of Liberal Studies (English), Texas A&M Galveston
traberd@tamug.edu
Phone: (409) 741-4382
MAST Courses Taught:
- ENGL 415 (Herman Melville’s Sea Novels)
Dr. Carol A. Bunch Davis
Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head
Department of Liberal Studies (English), Texas A&M Galveston
davisc@tamug.edu
Phone: (409) 740-4425
MAST Courses Taught:
- MAST 340 (Museums and the Construction of Identities)
Kristin Josvoll
Instructional Assistant Professor
Department of Liberal Studies (Maritime Studies), Texas A&M Galveston
kjosvoll@tamug.edu
Phone: (409) 740-4425
MAST Courses Taught:
- MAST 220 (Introduction to Museums and Conservation)
- MAST 226 (Museums Law and Ethics)
- MAST 230 (Maritime Folklore)
- MAST 240 (Introduction to Maritime Studies)
- MAST 365 (Material Culture)
- MAST 369 (Collections and Conservation)
- MAST 470 (Advanced Museums Studies)
Dr. Thomas Blake Earle
Assistant Professor
MAST Courses Taught:
- HIST 242 (United States Maritime History)
- HIST 232 (History of American Sea Power)
Dr. Kathryn Echols
Instructional Associate Professor
MAST Courses Taught:
- ENGL 335 (Literature of the Sea)
Laura White
Scientific Diving Safety Officer
Department of Liberal Studies
lauragwhite@tamu.edu
Phone: (409) 740.4067
MAST Courses Taught:
- ANTH 225 (Introduction to Biological Anthropology)
- MAST 265 (Elissa Sail Training)