Dr Sara A. Rich

Sara A. Rich is Associate 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 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

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…



Honor Frost

Selected Works

Edited by Lucy Blue and Sara A. Rich | Forthcoming

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…









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