Sara Rich

Sara A. Rich is a citizen of the Waccamaw Indian People and a maritime archaeologist, art historian, artist, and author of speculative fiction. Sara teaches courses on anti-colonialism, sci-art, shipwrecks, and prehistoric and Indigenous arts and cultures. Her recent scholarship includes essays in Shadow Archaeologies, Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, Journal of Aesthetic Education, 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).

Most recently, Sara has exhibited work at the 9/9 Native South Art Show at UNC-Pembroke, the Marlboro County Museum, the Myrtle Beach Art Museum, and Gallery 320. She serves on the Waccamaw Indian People’s Arts Committee.