Elise Langan was educated at Northwestern University (BS), the University of Southern California (MS), and New York University (PhD in International Education). She is a specialist on European Union integration and France. Dr. Langan's research interests are in EU higher education policy, minority access to French higher education, and French national identity. Her dissertation, "The European Union: ERASMUS in Paris" (published by Nova Science Press, 2002), discusses the implications of EU higher education policy and its effects upon French citizenship. Dr. Langan has publications with the Brookings Institution’s Center for the U.S. and France, Higher Education Policy, and the International Association of Universities, among others. She is currently conducting research on the education of Muslims in France.