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Voula Saridakis > Biographical Sketch

Voula Saridakis, Lecturer in History, earned her degree in history with a concentration in history and philosophy of science and technology at Cornell University.  She went on to do her masters and doctoral work in the history of science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.  While working on her Ph.D. she also taught courses in European history and the history of science at Virginia Tech.  She began teaching in the history department at Lake Forest College in 2002.  Her current research interests include the history of astronomy, in particular during the Scientific Revolution, scientific institutions in the seventeenth century, and the history of women in astronomy.