Karina is a first year PhD student at OSU. She earned a BA in Anthropology and International Studies at California University of Pennsylvania, and an MSc in Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of Edinburgh. She has worked as a commercial archaeologist in the northeastern US, and on various projects in Ireland, Spain, and Scotland. Her research utilizes material cultural to examine periods of new contact and exchange, particularly around the Mediterranean, and how this leads to change in both the native and incoming cultures.