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Bio

Elizabeth Nanas is a doctoral student whose research is concerned with social networks of science and engineering communities in the cities of Detroit and Hong Kong. Her work extends and builds on a program of ethnographic research to develop theories and empirical findings on knowledge production, circulation, and authority. Through her work with scientists and engineers, she is also figuring her place within and her visions of anthropology as a production that continuously negotiates complex terrains of power, place, and meaning. Elizabeth will begin new ethnographic research September 2009 as the Dow Chemical Fellow at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her primary goal for this 10-month ethnographic research project is to understand the resources and barriers involved in the production of interdisciplinary and transnational biomedical research. Elizabeth is also a King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellow at Wayne State University. She is a graduate research assistant for the College of Engineering’s Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Beyond her university affiliations, Elizabeth is the Editor of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology e-Newsletter. As a sex work and queer rights activist, Elizabeth serves on the Best Practices Policy Project Steering Committee, a Washington D.C. based organization that works to promote excellence in conducting research and outreach with sex workers in the United States. Elizabeth holds a Master of Education with a major in Educational Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Psychology from Wayne State University.