Veronica Kalas is an art historian and archaeologist with special expertise in the ancient through medieval periods of the Mediterranean world, including southern Italy, Sicily, Greece, Turkey, and Tunisia. She earned her MA and PhD in art history and archaeology from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts and her BA in classical archaeology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her doctoral research focused on the art, architecture, and society of Byzantine Cappadocia, a volcanic region located in central Turkey about which she has published extensively.

Veronica’s work has been supported by the American Research Institute in Turkey, the Program in Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, and Dumbarton Oaks Research Libraries and Collections in Washington, D.C. She has taught courses on a variety of topics—including early Christian, Byzantine, and medieval art; ancient Greek and Roman art; and architectural history—at the University of Michigan, Albion College, Wayne State University, and the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. She is very interested in cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approaches to the history of art and archaeology. She has collaborated with museums on blockbuster exhibitions and currently teaches traveling study abroad courses. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge with the general public by working on educational programs for the History Channel, the Smithsonian Channel, and TED-Ed, and by lecturing widely in the Mediterranean region on cultural heritage and archaeological study tours.