Elizabeth Anderson

Elizabeth Anderson received her PhD in international education from New York University in 2006. Her dissertation explores the role of history education in creating a post-Soviet national identity in the Republic of Moldova. Funded by an IREX postdoctoral fellowship, Anderson will return to Moldova next summer to continue her research.

From 2005 to 2006 for the Social Science Research Council, Anderson conducted ethnographic case studies of Title VI-funded Middle East study centers at six American universities. The survey explored the challenges of teaching and studying in a post-9/11 environment. This past year, she served as a visiting assistant professor of international education at New York University. Anderson's interests include international development education and exchange and training, citizenship, national identity, nationalism, and civic and history education.