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Debra Lattanzi Shutika is a Professor in Cultural Studies at George Mason University, specializing in contemporary Irish folklore, sense of place, Appalachian studies, and transnational migration. She directs the Mason-Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation and teaches courses in ethnographic fieldwork, digital storytelling, and folklore.
- University: George Mason University
- Department: Cultural Studies
Research Focus: Her work examines cultural belonging through migration studies, with fieldwork in Mexican settlement communities in Pennsylvania and DC National Parks. Current projects explore women’s agricultural practices in Irish Gaeltacht regions and community gardens as sites of cultural preservation.
- 2022-2023 Fulbright Research in Achill and Erris, Ireland
- National Park Service Grants (2018-2025) for urban cultural documentation
Scientific Awards:
- Chicago Folklore Prize (2012) for Beyond the Borderlands
- Fulbright Scholar (2022-2023)
Supervision: Advised PhD candidates including Noel Lopez (Young Patriots: Vanguard of the Dispossessed, 2020) and Young A. Jung (Emplacing Parenting, 2014). Her pedagogy emphasizes community-based research and digital ethnography.
