Editing Judy Bense

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Dr. '''Judith Ann Bense''' is the executive director of the [[University of West Florida]]'s [[UWF Division of Anthropology and Archaeology]], chair of the [[UWF Department of Anthropology|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.

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.

==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.  She is also the host of the short archaeology-themed radio program ''Unearthing Pensacola,'' which airs every weekday morning at 7:33am on WUWF.

==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

==References==
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*[http://www.uwf.edu/jbense/documents/Benseshort_CV.doc Official résumé]
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