Career
He is an associate professor of Egyptology and dendrochronology at the University of Arizona, where he serves as director of the Egyptian Expedition and curator of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. He has been conducting archaeological research in Egypt since 2004 and is currently editor of the Directory of North American Egyptologists and editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections. Creasman has been awarded highly competitive research grants, including from the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, and the Save America"s Treasures program
He has held a number of professional offices and received several academic and educational honors and awards The Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University awarded him a doctorate.
Professor Creasman and his team are currently excavating the royal Theban temple of the pharaoh Tausret, a queen who ruled independently as king at the end of the 19th Dynasty. His primary research interests are maritime life in ancient Egypt, Egyptian archaeology, and human/environment interactions.
He is best known for his work regarding ancient Egyptian maritime life. "Ship Timber and the Reuse of Wood in Ancient Egypt," Journal of Egyptian History 6.2: 152-176 World War II
