Sara Spatafore

I received my Masters Degree in Maritime Studies from East Carolina University in 2017, which is the nautical branch of archaeology. My Bachelor's Degree was in Archaeology from University of Evansville in 2011. My areas of focus are Ancient Rome and Ancient Etruria.

My thesis discussed and compared ancient Roman harbor sites and their importance to their hinterlands. Since 2017 I have been teaching ancient Roman history, History to 1500, and ancient Greek history in an American study abroad program located in Italy.

My main skills are teaching, research, historical knowledge, and writing. It is my goal to acquire positions that revolve around these skills, namely as a researcher, an adjunct instructor, or a professor. I am also partial to travel writing as I have traveled a lot with my schooling and career trajectory.

Professional Experience

Fall 2017-Fall 2022 East Carolina University/ ECU Tuscany Certaldo, Italy

• Adjunct Instructor of HIST 1030 - World History
• Adjunct Instructor of HIST 3410 - Roman History
• Adjunct Instructor of KINE 1000
• Assistant of Art History
• Professional Assistant of ECU Tuscany

Summer-Fall 2021 Private Online Group Fitness Instruction

HIIT Beginner’s Yoga

Fall 2014-Spring 2017 East Carolina University Greenville, NC

• Graduate Assistant

Field Experience

Fall 2015 East Carolina University’s Fall Field School Greenville, NC

• Archaeological projects in local, fluvial sites
• Tasks included project conception, survey, mapping, measuring, excavation, detailed reports, and presentation of findings

Summer 2015 Vada Volaterrana Field School Vada, Italy

• Roman Imperial era harbor site
• Tasks included survey, excavation, cataloguing finds, and presentation

Fall 2012 Underwater Survey, Ecomuseo de Cap Cavalleria Menorca, Spain

• Roman era underwater survey
• Tasks included survey, measuring, cataloguing finds, and presentation

Fall 2012 Necropolis, Ecomuseo de Cap Cavalleria Menorca, Spain

• Roman era Necropolis dig site
• Tasks included excavation, categorization, and cataloguing

Spring 2011 Köros Regional Archaeological Project Vezto, Hungary

• Neolithic archaeological site on the great Hungarian Plain
• Tasks included surveying, excavation, use of Total Station, and presenting finds to the public in the form of student projects

Fall 2010 Tin City Excavations Evansville, IN

• Post WWII archaeological site on the grounds of the University of Evansville
• Tasks included surveying, excavation, mapping, GIS software, the use of an Auto leveler device, and presenting the finds to the community during the University’s Presidential Inauguration

Fall 2009 Study Abroad Experience Rome, Italy

Education

Fall 2021 AFAA-Yoga Certaldo, IT

• Yoga Essentials I – Preparation and ability to teach yoga.
• Yoga Essentials II – Preparation and ability to teach advanced yoga.
• Sunrise Yoga – Preparation and ability to teach a gentler, restorative approach to yoga.
• Sometimes You Have to Unplug – Course module to understand the risk factors of high levels of stress and healthy methods of counteracting it

Spring 2021 AFAA-CGFI Plainfield, IL

• Certification Exam passed April 2021
• Over 200 hours of study and practical work in the foundations of exercise science, the human movement system and biomechanics, anatomy and bodily functions, integrated fitness, class planning and preparation, communication and learning styles, special populations, exercise technique, and nutrition

April 2021 CPR/AED Certification Schaumberg, IL

Fall 2014-Spring 2017 East Carolina University Greenville, NC

• Master’s Degree in Maritime Studies
• Lawrence Brewster Graduate Fellowship 2015-2016

Spring 2015 Technical Diver Certification Greenville, NC

Fall 2012 PADI Certification Menorca, Spain

Fall 2007-Spring 2011 University of Evansville Evansville, IN

• Bachelor’s Degree in Archaeology
• Dean’s List for seven consecutive semesters
• Graduated Cum Laude