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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|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 selected recommended by a UWF search committee to serve as the university's interim president after the announced departure of [[John Cavanaugh]].
==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==
