Jen Hughes (she/they) is an anthropologist, filmmaker, and managing director of the Institute for Advanced Study. They research the production of whiteness and the role of storytelling and enchantment in political, environmental, and economic crises in Iceland and the Northern Atlantic. Jen has worked as a project manager on digital, curatorial, and video projects for the Smithsonian, Discovery Channel, and Walker Art Center before getting her PhD in cultural and linguistic anthropology from the University of Minnesota. Prior to coming to the IAS, Jen taught at Bates College and served as the Research Fellow and Program Coordinator for the Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RIDGS). Jen was a contributing editor for Cultural Anthropology’s Visual and New Media Review from 2016 to 2020 and is the visual essays editor for Anthropology Now. Her documentary film Viking Futures and book project Iceland and Outer Spaces are forthcoming.