Dr. Cori Convertito is a maritime and Florida Keys historian, author, lecturer and museum curator.
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Cori Convertito holds a doctorate in Maritime History from the University of Exeter (UK), where she examined The Health of British Seamen in the West Indies, 1770–1806, a study exploring British West Indies development and its influence on health and medicine in the Royal Navy.
She currently serves as Curator & Historian for the Key West Art & Historical Society, which operates four distinct and engaging museums on an island with deep ties to multiple industries, Florida Keys culture, and the U.S. Navy.
Previously, Cori also served as Executive Director of The Society for the History of Navy Medicine, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting research, scholarship, and publication in the field of naval and maritime medicine, and to promoting this history to the broader public.
Cori is available as a researcher, historian, writer, exhibit developer, archivist, and lecturer.
Ph.D., Maritime History
University of Exeter
M.A., Maritime History
University of Greenwich
Museum Curator & Historian
Key West Art & Historical Society
2012 - Present
Executive Director
Society for the History of Navy Medicine
2023 - 2025
Archivist
P&O Heritage Collection
2007 - 2011
Advisory Board Member
Art in Public Places, City of Key West
2024 - Present
Board Member
Southernmost Alliance for Equality
2026 - Present
Best Doctoral Thesis in Maritime History by British Commission for Maritime History, 2011-2012
Honorary Award for Excellence in American Studies from Eckerd College
Adjunct History Instructor
College of the Florida Keys
2012 - Present
Board President
Key West Business Guild
2025 - Present
Board Member
Anne McKee Artists Fund
2026 - Present
