- Email:
- wjfritz@iu.edu
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Masters of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Wyatt Fritz is a Master’s student at Indiana University, currently studying under a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for Haitian Creole with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). He graduated from Indiana University in May 2023 with degrees in Media (Film Production) and Underwater Archaeology. He is also a fifth-year research assistant with Indiana University’s Center for Underwater Science and a PADI Openwater SCUBA Instructor with the university's Academic Diving Program. As a documentary-filmmaker and ethnographer his research interests include French-Creole culture in the Americas, Caribbean marine landscapes, and the effect of tourism on maritime communities in the Greater Antilles.
SCUBA Certifications: Open Water (SDI), Advanced (PADI), Rescue (PADI), Emergency Oxygen Provider (DAN), Basic Life Support - CPR&AED (DAN), Hazardous Marine Life (DAN), Neurological Assessment (DAN), Underwater Videographer (PADI), Enriched Air (PADI), Dry Suit Diver (PADI), Divemaster (PADI), Emergency First Response Instructor (EFR), Instructor (PADI)
Diving Experience:
Wyatt has 10 years of dive experience, totaling 152 dives (92.5 hours underwater), predominantly in the Dominican Republic and local freshwater quarries. He has training in submerged archaeological data collection and scientific diving (totaling 42.4 hours of scientific dives) and has done seasonal work as a dive guide in Bayahibe, the Dominican Republic.