Biography
Dr Bridget Buxton is an associate professor of History at the University of Rhode Island and a member of URI’s Archaeology Group. She obtained her PhD in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of California, Berkeley on a Fulbright, and her MA in Classical Studies (with distinction) from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. Her archaeological field experience includes both land and underwater projects in Greece, Israel, Turkey, the Black Sea, and in her homeland of New Zealand. Since 2006 she has been involved in deep water projects under the direction of Prof. Robert Ballard of the University of Rhode Island and Prof. Shelley Wachsmann of Texas A&M Nautical Archaeology Program, and a Croatian aviation archaeology project under the direction of Megan Lickliter-Mundon, Texas A&M. Since 2010 she has been collaborating with Jacob Sharvit, Director of the Israel Maritime Antiquities Unit at underwater sites along the Israeli Coast. She is a regular educational speaker on archaeological themes for the Archaeological Institute of America and the cruise ship industry, and publishes on topics in underwater archaeology and ancient history. Most recently, she became the science program coordinator for Oceangate’s planned Titan submersible expedition to the wreck of RMS Titanic.