Editing Robert Ballard (section)

==Other works==
===Academics===
In 2004, Ballard was appointed professor of [[oceanography]], and currently serves as Director of the Institute for Archaeological Oceanography, at the [[University of Rhode Island]]'s Graduate School of Oceanography. He was the first speaker to give the [[Marie Poland Fish|Charles and Marie Fish Lecture in Oceanography]] at the University of Rhode Island in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Charles and Marie Fish Lecture in Oceanography|url=https://web.uri.edu/gso/the-charles-and-marie-fish-lecture-in-oceanography/|website=The Charles and Marie Fish Lecture in Oceanography|publisher=University of Rhode Island|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206135153/https://web.uri.edu/gso/outreach/charles-and-marie-fish-lecture-series/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Television===
Ballard served as the technical consultant on the science fiction series ''[[seaQuest DSV]]'' during its first season from September 1993 until May 1994. During the closing credits, he would speak about the scientific elements present in any given episode and place them in a contemporary context. Although he exited the series in the second season, he was referenced in the third season, with the "Ballard Institute" being named after him.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

===Education===
In 1989, Ballard founded the [[JASON Project]], a [[distance education]] program designed to excite and engage middle school students in science and technology. He began the JASON Project in response to the thousands of letters he received from students following his discovery of the wreck of the ''Titanic''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The JASON Project - History |work=jason.org |url=http://www.jason.org/Public/AboutUS/History.aspx?pos=6 |access-date=August 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917041819/http://www.jason.org/Public/AboutUS/History.aspx?pos=6 |archive-date=September 17, 2008 }}</ref>