{"id":21862,"date":"2019-12-30T09:11:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=21862"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:11:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T14:11:09","slug":"my-clemson-allison-kidd-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/my-clemson-allison-kidd-10\/","title":{"rendered":"My Clemson: Allison Kidd '10"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an archaeologist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Kidd specializes in Roman architecture and urbanism.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Allison<\/a>
\nQ| WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GO TO CLEMSON?
\nA|\u00a0Going to Clemson was a decision largely guided by my parents, considering they are both alumni, and the University\u2019s high national ratings and low in-state tuition. Although I was not initially invested in the idea, it was not long into my freshman year that I found myself embedded in the Clemson experience, thanks to the countless professors who challenged my academic growth, the members of the administrative and academic staff who went above and beyond the call of duty to invest in my future career, and my classmates who challenged my personal growth \u2014 many now lifelong friends. All future applicants should know that these are Clemson\u2019s virtues, and they mean much more than the annual published statistics and college ratings!
\nQ| WHAT CAREER STEPS DID YOU TAKE AFTER CLEMSON?
\nA|\u00a0I began a master\u2019s degree in classical archaeology at the University of Oxford immediately after graduating from Clemson. Before taking the big leap into the Ph.D., I returned to Clemson for a year, where I worked for the Calhoun Honors College as an assistant major fellowships adviser and for the Office of International Affairs as an international programs coordinator while also serving as an intern for the Columbia Museum of Art. In 2012, I began my doctoral studies in the history of art and archaeology at NYU\u2019s Institute of Fine Arts. I spent the next five years conducting research, leading archaeological excavations and teaching courses in classical archaeology in New York City and abroad, mostly in Italy and Turkey. After graduating with my doctorate in 2018, I began a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Edinburgh.
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\nQ| WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW, AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
\nA|\u00a0I am currently living in Edinburgh, Scotland, where I am a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh\u2019s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. I also currently serve as the field director for the Edinburgh-Apolline Excavations at Aeclanum in Italy and a member of the research team for the NYU-led Excavations at Aphrodisias in Turkey.
\nQ| WHAT\u2019S THE COOLEST ARTIFACT YOU\u2019VE UNCOVERED IN YOUR WORK?
\nA|\u00a0I find that people often love to hear about the statues or mosaics I\u2019ve found, but for me the \u2018coolest\u2019 artifacts are those items that are either considered extremely rare finds \u2014 such as the 1,800-year-old preserved wooden beams with intact nail holes we uncovered in 2017 or a polychrome mudbrick wall we uncovered in 2018 \u2014 or items that reveal unexpectedly extensive trade networks and connectivity \u2014 such as finding in a rural Turkish medieval settlement a silver Crusader coin that had been manufactured in\u00a0Wallachia, modern-day Romania.
\nQ| WHAT\u2019S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION OF BEING AN ARCHAEOLOGIST THAT YOU\u2019D LOVE TO CLEAR UP?
\nA|\u00a0Archaeologists do not study dinosaurs! Archaeology is the study of human history through their material culture and the changes they affected on the natural environment, whereas paleontology is the study of Earth\u2019s history through plant and animal fossils. Think more Indiana Jones, less Ross Geller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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