alicia dussán de reichel (born 16 october 1920) is a colombian educator, who was one of the first students of ethnology in the country. for two decades, she was the only woman conducting archaeological and anthropological studies in the country. her research focused on colombia and the caribbean and along with her husband, she founded university of the andes' department of anthropology. she occupied chair 15 of the colombian academy of exact, physical and natural sciences until 2008 and was the only anthropologist to be a member during her tenure. in 2010, she was honored by the french government with the designation of officer of the ordre des arts et des lettres.