Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Anthropologiques Faculté d'Anthropologie et de Sociologie Université Lumière Lyon 2 Campus Porte des Alpes, Bâtiment K 5, Avenue Pierre Mendès-France 69676 Bron Cedex, France

Kristina Tiedje is an anthropologist with research interests in cultural, medical, and environmental anthropology. She is an Associate Professor of Anthropology (Maître de Conférences, Enseignant-Chercheur Titulaire) at the University of Lyon 2 in France and a researcher at the Laboratory of Contemporary Issues (LADEC). She is currently on a leave in the U.S.

While on leave from Lyon, Dr. Tiedje has worked as a Co-Investigator on NIH and AHRQ-funded clinical research projects in translational medicine with investigators at the Mayo Clinic, OImsted Medical Center and at Hennepin County Medical Center in the U.S. She has also served as a volunteer interpreter at several community clinics the Community Health Service Inc. and with Our Lady of Guadalupe Free Clinic in southern Minnesota. She has conducted long-term field research on health and immigration with Latinos in the United States.

Dr. Tiedje currently serves as Assoc. Editor of the Journal of the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture. She also has served on other editorial boards and was one of the founding members and past officers on the board of the International Society of the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture (ISSRNC).