Emma Gruesbeck is a first year graduate student pursuing a dual Master’s degree in Applied Anthropology and Historic Preservation. As an undergraduate student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, she majored in English. Her honors undergraduate thesis, “An Examination of Zora Neale Hurston’s Literary and Ethnographic Work,” was a comparative analysis of the author and ethnographer’s creative and scientific writing meant to highlight her impact on the anthropological world. Her professional interests include Cultural Resource Management, Ethnomusicology, Tourism, and Folklife Studies.