Columbus, Ohio, US
Founder, President, + CEO, PAST Foundation; Host, “Learning Unboxed” podcast; Anthropologist and Archeologist (with expertise in Shipwreck Archeology); Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University; Awarded with “Smart 50 in Ohio for excellence in innovation;” Participant at the White House Summit on High School redesign; Awarded the STEM 2026 Excellence in Innovation by the U.S. Department of Education; recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative (2015); STEMconnector top 100 Women Leaders in STEM education. Annalies received her Doctor of Philosophy, History and Historical Archaeology from the University of Idaho; her Masters of Arts Degree, Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology from East Carolina University; and her Bachelor of Science, Anthropology from University of South Dakota.
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