Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D. University of Miami (2001)

research interests

primary field: Native American Literature

secondary fields: African American Literature, Contemporary and Postmodern American literature, Multicultural Literature

regularly-taught courses

• Native American Literature
• Multicultural Literature
• Introduction to African-American Literature
• American Literature Survey II
• Introduction to Literature
• Research Seminar: Tricksters & Conjurers in Native American and African American Literature
• May Session: American Indians of the Great Plains: Victims and Victors

recent publications

"Visions of Tribulation: White Gaze and Black Spectacle in Richard Wright's Native Son and The Outsider." Forthcoming from African American Review.

"The 'Old Ways' as New Methods: Decolonizing and Native Values in Academia." Studies in the Humanities 33:2 (Dec 2006). [co-authored with Julie Pelletier, Assistant Professor of Anthropology]

"'Maybe you only look white': Ethnic Authority and Indian Authenticity in Academia." American Indian Quarterly 27.1-2 (2003): 200-202.