Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology

ACUA Spring 2023 Panel: Future Directions of Global Underwater Archaeology

ACUA Spring 2023 Panel Registration

Please join us on April 5 for our spring panel “Future Directions of Global Underwater Archaeology”. Students, early career professionals, avocationals, and established professionals – all are welcome.

Please register to RSVP. APRIL 5, 3:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM UTC Virtual Format. Meeting invite to be sent to the email provided below. Please contact us at grad-rep@acuaonline.org with any questions.

ACUA Student Travel Award Winners 2023 – Congratulations

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Travel Award

Megan Crutcher is the winner of the 2023 ACUA & RECONN Offshore Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Student Travel Award for the Lisbon, Portugal conference. Learn more about this award and meet Megan.

L-R: Ashley Lemke (ACUA Chair), Megan Crutcher, Michael Krivor (RECONN Offshore), Julie Schablitsky (SHA President)

George R. Fischer Student Travel Award

Lindsay Wentzel and Dominic Bush are the winners of the 2023 George R. Fischer Student Travel award for the Lisbon, Portugal conference. Learn more about this award and meet Lindsay and Dominic.

L-R: Dominic Bush, Ashley Lemke (ACUA Chair), Lindsay Wentzel, Julie Schablitsky (SHA President)

ACUA Student Newsletter Fall 2022

Another great ACUA Student newsletter featuring student research, news about the Graduate Student forum in Lisbon, the ACUA student mentoring program in Lisbon, and more! Check it out.

Recent Deep Thoughts

ACUA GSAs in Lisbon and Spring 2023 Student Panel

GSA Lindsay Wentzel shares her experience at the SHA 2023 conference, the GSA student panel, and announces the April 5 spring virtual panel. Read all about it.

Reflections from SHA 2023: A More Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Underwater Archaeology

Megan Crutcher, 2023 recipient of the ACUA and RECON Offshore DEI award for Lisbon, reflects on what diversity, equity, and inclusion means in underwater archaeology and the future.

Core Principles

Ethics, respect, diversity and equity are the core principles around which we should all strive to lead our professional and personal lives. The ACUA strongly encourages all professional organizations to promote ethical principles, non-discrimination, anti-harassment, and anti-racist policies among their memberships.

Vision Statement

The ACUA serves as an international advisory body on issues relating to underwater archaeology, conservation, and submerged cultural resources management. It is working to educate scholars, governments, sport divers, and the general public about underwater archaeology and the preservation of underwater resources.