Susan Kane is an

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art historian and a pioneer of field

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. Her work to preserve Libyan archaeological sites during

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earned her the

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Presidential Award in 2013. She currently directs the Cyrenaica Archaeological Project and the

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in Tornareccio, Italy. Since 1977, Kane has served as the chair of the Curricular Committee on Archaeology at

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...

. Kane studied Classics at

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and holds a doctorate in classical archaeology doctorate from

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United St ...

. Before joining Oberlin, she was the past Vice President for publications for the

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, specializing in Greek, Italic, and Roman sculpture and architecture. Her current research focuses on the use of white marble in the ancient Mediterranean. She has excavated at a variety of sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Greece, Yugoslavia, Libya, and Italy.

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