Department of History
Elizabeth Elliot-Meisel, PhD
Associate Professor
402.280.2654
Humanities Center 222
elmeis@creighton.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Elliot-Meisel joined the Department of History in 1993 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2000. She served as department chair from 2001-2010. Dr. Elliot-Meisel moved to Omaha after receiving her Ph.D. from Duke University, where she was on a Ford Foundation scholarship. Prior to that, she received her M.A. in History in 1987 from Georgia State University (while teaching as a secondary education Social Studies teacher), and her B.A. in History from Macalester College, St. Paul, MN (spending a year at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland). Her research focus is U.S.-Canada relations in the Arctic in general and the Northwest Passage in particular.
PhD (1992), Duke University
MA (1987), Georgia State University
BA (1978), Macalester College
U.S. Foreign Relations 1890-1945; 1945-Present
Constitutional History; Constitutional Issues
U.S. and Vietnam
Russia’s Revolutions
U.S. – Soviet/Russian Relations
Arctic Diplomacy (Peter Lang, 1998)
“Understanding the Canada-United States Arctic Relationship” in International Law and Politics of the Arctic Ocean (Leiden: Brill/Nijhoff, 2015), pp. 201-215
“Canada, the United States, and the Northwest Passage” in The Oceans in the Nuclear Age: Legacies and Risks, eds. David Caron and Harry Scheiber. (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010) pp. 373-92.
“Politics, Pride, and Precedent: The United States and Canada in the Northwest Passage,” Ocean Development and International Law 40 (2009), pp. 204-232. [Reprint in The Politics of the Arctic, ed., Geir Honneland, (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., Jan 2014)].
“Arctic Sovereignty in the 21st Century: Competition and Cooperation in the Northwest Passage” in Thawing Ice-Cold War: Canada’s Security, Sovereignty, and Environmental Concerns in the Arctic, ed. Rob Huebert (Bison Paper 12: Centre for Defence and Security Studies, 2009), pp. 25-38.
"Arctic Cruise: The Royal Canadian Navy in Arctic Waters, 1946-1949" in The Northern Mariner 9:2 (April 1999): pp.23-39. [Reprint in Canadian Artic Sovereignty and Security: Historical Perspectives, ed., Whitney Lackenbauer (Calgary: Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, 2011) pp. 121-44].
Mary Lucretia and Sarah Emily Creighton Award (2012)
Omicron Delta Kappa and Alpha Sigma Nu’s Teaching for Tomorrow Award (1997)
College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Advisor Award (1996)
