Background

Armstrong, Karen V. was born on December 26, 1946 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edward Adams and Virginia Rebholz Armstrong.

Education

Bachelor, University Pittsburgh, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1975.

Career

Assistant professor State University of New York, Purchase, 1974-1981. Associate professor Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1986-1989, University Tampere, Finland, 1989-1990, 94-95, Finland, 97. Senior lecturer University Helsinki, Finland, 1998-1999, professor Finland, since 2000.

Project director Academy Finland, Helsinki, 1994-1996, since 2001. Visiting professor Institute d'Anglais, Paris, 1981.

Achievements

• Karen V. Armstrong has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Republican advisory committee for womens studies State University of New York, Albany, 1980-1981. Co-director project to integrate minority students Longwood College, 1989. Member American Anthropol.

Association, Finnish Anthropol.

Interests

• Hiking, gardening.

Connections

Married Brian; children: Delia, Annika.

Father:

Lutz

Father:

Edward Adams

Mother:

Virginia Rebholz Armstrong

Spouse:

Brian Daughter of Lutz

child:

Annika Armstrong

child:

Delia Armstrong