Karin is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in the study of the eastern Mediterranean under the Roman Empire. Her dissertation investigates the urban topography of Greek poleis under Roman rule, with a focus on the proliferation and architectural transformation of built public spaces mediated by series of gateways.
Karin graduated magna cum laude from The College of New Jersey (B.A., Art History and English, 2010) and The University of Chicago (A.M., Humanities: Classical Art and Archaeology, 2011). Prior to entering the Ph.D. program, Karin received a Post-baccalaureate certificate in Greek and Latin from the Classics Department at Columbia University (2014). She has since received an M.A. (2016) and M.Phil. (2017) from Columbia.
While studying at Columbia, she worked as a docent for “Gods and Mortals at Olympus: Ancient Dion, City of Zeus” (2016) and “A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC – 200 AD” (2017), both held at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York. She has excavated at the Athenian Agora (2011-2013); the Columbia APAHA excavations at Hadrian’s Villa (2014-2015) under the direction of Prof. de Angelis and Prof. Maiuro; as well as the Columbia excavations at the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Onchestos in Boeotia (2014-present) under the direction of Prof. Mylonopoulos, where she has served as a site supervisor since 2016.
