Kathryn Gleason is Professor of

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. Also a faculty member of the Cornell Institute for Archaeology and Material Studies, her work focuses on the archaeology of landscape architecture, especially the design and interpretation of ancient Roman and Mediterranean gardens and landscapes. Her pioneering field research on archaeological methods for detecting landscape design has been conducted across the Mediterranean and the Middle East, most recently in Italy, Israel, Jordan, and India. She is the editor of ''A Cultural History of Gardens in Antiquity''.

Education

Gleason received her BS in Landscape Architecture from

in 1979. She went on to graduate with a Masters of Landscape Architecture with Distinction from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

in 1981. She received her Doctor of Philosophy in Archaeology from the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

in 1991.

Career

Dr. Gleason has been a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at

since 1996. She previously spent 7 years at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

Archaeological excavations

Gleason has worked on many prominent archaeological sites, including most recently the Promontory Palace Excavations at Caesara Maritima, Israel; The Horti Stabiani Garden Project in Stabiae, Italy; The Petra Pool and Garden Project in Petra, Jordan; The Mehrenghar Trust Garden Studies at Nagaur Fort in Rajasthan, India; and the Excavations at the Villa Santa Maria, Lago di Nemi, Italy.

Recent awards

*Senior Fellow in Landscape Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. * Professeur Invité. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Normale Superieure Paris, 2014. * Council of Fellows.

American Society of Landscape Architects The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is a professional association for landscape architects in the United States. The ASLA's mission is to advance landscape architecture through advocacy, communication, education, and fellowship ...

, 2011. * ASLA Award of Honor in Research. American Society of Landscape Architects, 2010

References

External links

Cornell CALS page for Kathy Gleason
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