Previously, she served as assistant professor at North Dakota State University and Fulbright fellow (2013-2014) hosted by the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) at the Framsenteret in Tromsø, Norway. She received her PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University in 2010, building on a masters degree in Applied Anthropology from the University of South Florida, and BA from Bryn Mawr College. Contact InformationName: Elise A. FriedlandEmail: efried@gwu.edu