About Cori:

Dr. Cori Convertito received her Ph.D. from the University of Exeter during which time she examined ‘The Health of British Seamen in the West Indies, 1770-1806’ which focused on British West Indies development and its influence on health and medicine in the Royal Navy.  For her thesis, she was awarded The Boydell & Brewer Prize for the best doctoral thesis in maritime history in 2011-12.  Prior to her attendance at Exeter, she obtained her Master’s degree in Maritime History from the Greenwich Maritime Institute at the University of Greenwich in 2006 where she engaged in research for her dissertation entitled ‘Tattooing in the Victorian Navy’.

Cori has published several articles and has presented papers at a number of international conferences including the U.S. Naval Academy’s McMullen Naval Historical Symposium, ‘Navy & Nation’ at the National Maritime Museum, UK and ‘Health, Medicine and Mariners’ at the University of Exeter.

At present, Cori is the Curator & Historian for the Key West Art & Historical Society which operates four distinct and inspired museums, as well as an adjunct instructor of American History and Humanities at The College of the Florida Keys.