Ann Marie Legreid is Professor Emerita at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where she also served in academic dean positions. In addition, she is emerita faculty at the University of Central Missouri. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Historical Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an undergraduate degree in Geography from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She has ancestral roots in Hardanger and Hedmark, Norway, and was privileged to attend a rural school in western Wisconsin.