Lisa Crutchfield is a historian of early America and the Atlantic World whose research focuses on race relations, especially frontier indigenous-Anglo interaction. She draws heavily upon history and anthropology as she examines cultures from both sides of the Atlantic. Currently, she is working on a manuscript that highlights the people who bridged those different cultures and the complexity of the relationships that were subsequently forged. She holds a Ph.D. in American History from the College of William and Mary, with an outside field in Colonial Latin America, an M.A. in history from the University of Georgia, and a B.A. in history and anthropology from James Madison University.