Jana Samargis-Woods
Jana Samargis-Woods returned to Archaeology and Museum studies after working many years in the corporate
sector. She completed a BA/BCom majoring in Archaeology and Economics at the University of Melbourne. Most
recently she completed an MBA (2012) at Melbourne Business School. She also completed a Graduate Diploma
in one of the earliest Museum Studies courses in 1993 at Deakin University. She has had three seasons of
practical excavation experience working on an Early Bronze Age site at Marki in Cyprus with Latrobe
University as a graduate student. Jana is currently an MA research candidate with the University of
Sydney. She is thrilled to be returning to research and to be part of the Heritage of the Air project
where she will be investigating aviation museum collections in Melbourne.