Dr Sara A. Rich
Sara Rich is Professor of Theory and History of Art and Design at the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a citizen of the Waccamaw Indian People and a maritime archaeologist, art historian, artist, and author of speculative fiction. Her recent scholarship includes essays in Mainsheet, Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Heritage, and Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology (which she also co-edited). Her most recent books include Mushroom (in the Bloomsbury series Object Lessons) and Shipwreck Hauntography: Underwater Ruins and the Uncanny (in the Amsterdam University Press series Maritime Humanities, 1400–1800).
Books by Sara A. Rich
Honor Frost
Selected Works
Honor Frost (edited by Lucy Blue and Sara A. Rich) | 2026
Hailing from academic training in fine and performing arts, Honor Frost learned to dive in the 1950s and within a decade began earning a reputation as a pioneering maritime archaeologist. She held unparalleled expertise in…
Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology
Flat Ontologies, Oceanic Thought, and the Anthropocene
Edited by Sara A. Rich & Peter B. Campbell | 2023
While terrestrial archaeology has engaged with contemporary philosophy, maritime archaeology has remained in comparative disciplinary – or subdisciplinary – isolation. However, the issues that humans face in the Anthropocene – from global warming to global…
Under the Mediterranean II
Studies in Maritime Archaeology
Edited by Lucy Blue, Stella Demesticha, Athena Trakadas & Sara A. Rich | Forthcoming
This multidisciplinary volume is a collection of 13 articles reporting on recent research on the archaeology of shipwrecks, maritime visual culture, and cultural heritage management in the Mediterranean region. While papers in this volume’s predecessor,…
