Anastasia Karakasidou
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September 7, 1956
Anastasia Karakasidou | |
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| Born | Anastasia Karakasidou September 7, 1956 |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, scientist, anthropologist |
Anastasia Karakasidou (Greek: Αναστασία Καρακασίδου) is an American scholar. Her expertise is archeology and anthropology. She is currently appointed as professor of Anthropology at the Wellesley College.
Karakasidou was born on 7 September 1956 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Her father was a Karamanlides refugee from Cappadocia, and her mother was a native Greek from Thessaloniki.
Career
In 1975, Anastasia Karakasidou began her studies in chemistry and later, in archeology and anthropology at Columbia University, United States. She participated in an ethno-archaeological study of the Langadas area at the Archaeological Department of Thessaloniki University. In 1992, she graduated from Columbia University, where she holds a Ph.D. and in 1993 she was active as a scholar at the Princeton University. She was also a lecturer in the State University of New York.