Grace Turner

Email:: [[gsturn]]
Year entered:: 2004
Degree sought;: PhD
Research intersts:: maritime transportation networks, migration, and the impact of these factors on the African Diaspora.
Regional specialization:: Bahamas, Caribbean

Background

Grace is originally from the Bahamas. In 2004 she completed an MA in Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University. Her thesis, entitled Bahamian Ship Graffiti, documented ship graffiti from sites throughout the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos Islands. This research also attempted to understand who were the graffiti artists. Her dissertation research will focus on a cemetery, in the Bahamas, for people of African descent that was in use from the late 18th to early 20th centuries. She will correlate bioarchaeological data with cultural material used for African-influenced grave treatment. The aim of this research is to understand ways in which African-influenced cultural beliefs and the broader political economy impacted the lives of Bahamians of African descent.