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Kathy Gleason
American artistic gymnast

Kathy Gleason

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American artistic gymnast
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75 years
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Biography

Kathy Gleason is a professor of Landscape Architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Her work focuses on the archaeology of landscape architecture, especially the design and interpretation of ancient Roman and Mediterranean gardens. Her field research has been conducted across the mediterranean and the Middle East, most recently in India, Israel, Jordan, and Italy. She is the editor of the book A Cultural History of Gardens in Antiquity.

Education

Gleason received her BS in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University in 1979. She went on to graduate with a masters of landscape architecture with distinction from Harvard University. She received her PhD from the Oxford University Institute of Archaeology in 1991.

Career

Kathy has been a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Cornell University since 1996. She previously spent 8 years working as a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania.

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

  • Professeur Invité. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Normale Superieure Paris, 2014.
  • Council of Fellows. American Society of Landscape Architects, 2011.
  • ASLA Award of Honor in Research. American Society of Landscape Architects, 2010

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