Dr. Judith Ann Bense is the executive director of the University of West Florida's Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, chair of the Department of Anthropology, and founder of the Florida Public Archaeology Network. She has led the archaeological excavations of the Hawkshaw area and the Luna shipwrecks off Emanuel Point, among others.
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She is the sister of State Representative and former Florida House Speaker Allan Bense.
On June 11, 2008, following the announced departure of John Cavanaugh, she was recommended by a UWF search committee to serve as the university's interim president.
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Education & career
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Bense attended Florida State University and graduated with a bachelor's of anthropology in 1967, receiving a master's in 1969. She attended Washington State University and received her Ph.D. in anthropology in 1972. She became an adjunct professor at the UWF Panama City campus in 1977 and a full-time professor on the university's main campus in 1980.
Awards & recognition
- 2002 – Award of Merit, Society for Historical Archaeology for Contributions to Public Archaeology
- 2001 – Distinguished Teaching Award (at Large), University of West Florida students
- 1999 – Presidential Award. Society for American Archaeology for Leadership in Government Affairs
- 1998 – Ripley P. Bullen Award, Florida Anthropological Society for outstanding achievement in encouraging cooperation between professional and avocational archaeologists
- 1996 – National History Award Medal, Daughters of the American Revolution.
- 1995 – Pensacola Pride Award, Pensacola media in premier year designed to recognize professionals who "Put Pensacola on the Map"
- 1994 – Distinguished Teaching Award. University of West Florida students
- 1990 – Outstanding Performance and Achievement Award. Florida Legislature
- 1986 – National Public Service Award, Department of the Interior National for the Gulf Power Company Archaeology Project: "Hawkshaw."
- 1985 – Who's Who of Florida's Successful Women
Bibliography
- Presidio Santa María de Galve (1698-1719): Struggle for Survival on the Spanish Frontier, 2003
- Archaeology of the Southeastern United States: Paleoindian to World War II, 1994
- Archaeology of Colonial Pensacola 1750-1821: A First Synthesis, 1999
- Underground Pensacola, 1989