Conferences


​Papers
  • Danquah, Ebenezer Mintah, Megan Crutcher, Prince Kondeh, Jeffery Gunn. “Kru (Krao) History, Heritage, and Diaspora in the Context of Liberia.” Liberian Studies Association. Ithaca, April 18-20, 2024.
  •  Crutcher, Megan, Prince Kondeh, and Jah Christopher Morris. “‘Mississippi Street Was Eaten by the Sea’: Urgent Threats to Coastal Heritage in Liberia.” Society for Historical Archaeology. Oakland, Jan. 3-6, 2024.
  •  Crutcher, Megan and Kelsey Rooney. “Narratives of African Maritimity: Early Modern Images of Africans and Their Watercraft.” European Association of Archaeologists. Belfast, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2023.
  •  Crutcher, Megan. “Appropriating Language: The Historical-Archaeological Context of ‘Grumetes’ in Sources on West African Mariners.” Society for Historical Archaeology. Lisbon, Jan. 3-7, 2023.
  •  Varmer, Ole, Louise Sanger, Athena L. Trakadas, Ben Ferrari, Laura Boon, Sheryllynne Haggerty, Cassandra Gooptar, Alix Mortimer, Maria Pena Ermida, and Megan Crutcher. “Learning from the Past for a Shared, Sustainable Ocean Future.” Society for Historical Archaeology. Lisbon, Jan. 3-7, 2023.
  •  Crutcher, Megan. “GIS Mapping Maritime Cultural Landscapes in Liberia and Sierra Leone.” European Association of Archaeologists. Budapest, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2022.
  •  Crutcher, Megan. “Mediating Empire: Liberian ‘Krumen’ in Atlantic History.” History Graduate Student Organization (HGSO). College Station, Mar. 18-19, 2022.
  •  Crutcher, Megan. “From Canoes to Canoemen in West African History: West African Seafaring Traditions and their Importance in Atlantic World History.” Charting African Waterscapes: A Conference on African Maritime History Across Time and Space. Virtual, Mar. 16-17, 2022.
  •  Crutcher, Megan. “Biofilms, Biocolonization, and the Conservation of Marble from Submerged Archaeological Environments.” Society for Historical Archaeology. Philadelphia, Jan. 4-7, 2022.
  •  Crutcher, Megan. “Reinterpreting Anne Bonny and Mary Reade: Public History and the Commemoration of Piracy, Sexuality, and Gender in Maritime Spaces.” North American Society for Oceanic History. Virtual, Jul. 2021.
  •  Crutcher, Megan and Celestin Mpagaze. “Oral History as a Tool for Activism: The Pittsburgh Refugee Stories Oral History Initiative.” National Council on Public History. Virtual, Mar. 2021.
  • Crutcher, Megan. “Student Films: A Message of Liberation.” National Council on Public History. Virtual, Mar. 2020.
  • Crutcher, Megan. “Engaging Visitors with Conservation: The Key to Museum Sustainability.” Duquesne University Graduate Research Symposium. Pittsburgh, Apr. 2019. https://dsc.duq.edu/gsrs/2019/Proceedings/7/

Posters
  • Berrocal, Raul Oswaldo Palomino, and Megan Crutcher. “A Preliminary Study of the Earliest Known Archaeological Watercraft in Northern Spain.” Vaughn M. Bryant Memorial Anthropology Conference. College Station, Apr. 2023.
  • Zak, Claire, Megan Crutcher, Charlotte Jarvis, and Sheri Kapahnke. “Life Under Water: Maritime Archaeology and Climate Change.” Life on a Dynamic Planet Symposium. College Station, Feb. 2023.
  • Crutcher, Megan. “Defining the Terms: A Review of Trends in Maritime Public Archaeology.” National Council on Public History. Virtual, May 2022.
  •  Crutcher, Megan. “Cultural Heritage, Cultural Rights, and Human Rights: A Statistical Analysis.” Vaughn M. Bryant Memorial Anthropology Conference. College Station, Apr. 2021.