Dr. Calvin Mires has almost 20 years of experience in maritime archaeology and underwater cultural heritage. He is a Research Associate at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Bridgewater State University in the Department of Anthropology. Calvin has led and worked on more than 30 maritime archaeology projects around the world, including Greek and Roman shipwrecks and harbors, Sweden’s iconic warship, Vasa, Confederate blockade runners in North and South Carolina, and various sites in Bermuda, the Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean, and the Great Lakes. He co-directs a maritime archaeology field school in cooperation with the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources, the Trustees of Reservations, and the National Park Service. Current projects include archaeological investigations of 1626 Sparrow Hawk and deep-sea research on shipwrecks in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS).