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Elizabeth Derderian
Elizabeth Derderian has an MA in Near Eastern and Museum Studies from NYU, and is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Beth received a Fulbright IIE award and a doctoral research grant from the Al Qasimi Foundation to conduct her dissertation research, which focuses on the development of arts and cultural initiatives and contemporary arts practice in the UAE. Prior to graduate school, she worked at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles, California, coordinating built heritage preservation projects in Tunisia and Laos.