| ACADEMIC HISTORY: |
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| 1997-2003 |
 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA |
Iowa City, IA |
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Ph.D. in English |
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Dissertation: The Avian as Native & Natured Other: Re-Imagining the Bird, From
British Romanticism to Contemporary Native American Literature |
Director: Ed Folsom |
| May 2003 |
Dean's Achievement Award |
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| March 1997 |
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship |
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| 1990-92 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA |
Vermillion, SD |
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M.A. in English |
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Thesis: Immortal Sea, Eternal Mind: Romanticism and the Unconscious |
Director: Dr. Gervase Hittle |
| April 1992 |
Maurice Johnson Graduate Book Award |
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| 1985 |
BLACK HILLS STATE COLLEGE |
Spearfish, SD |
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Completed requirements for Secondary Certification in English |
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| 1977-79 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA |
Vermillion, SD |
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B.A. in English/Psychology (double major), summa cum laude |
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| ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT: |
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| 2003-2008 |
 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN |
Lincoln, NE |
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Assistant Professor of English and Ethnic Studies |
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Courses Taught:
Introduction to Literature (ENGL 180;)
Native American Literature (ENGL 245B);
Native American Women (ENGL 245N);
Literary/Critical Theory (ENGL 270);
Native American Literature (ENGL 445E/845E);
Literary/Critical Theory (ENGL 471/481); Seminar in Ethnic Literature: Native Ecofeminism (ENGL 945) |
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| 2001-2003 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA |
Vermillion, SD |
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Instructor of English, part-time |
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Courses Taught:
Introduction to Criticism;
Introduction to Literature;
Composition |
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| 1998-2001 |
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA |
Iowa City, IA |
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Teaching Assistant |
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Courses Taught:
Rhetoric;
Interpretation of Literature;
Native Daughters Speak [w/ Professor Linda Bolton] |
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| 1995-1997 |
WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
Sioux City, IA |
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Instructor of ESL, English |
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Courses Taught:
ESL I, II, III, IV;
Composition;
Business Writing |
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| Summer, 1995 |
QUIZ BOWL |
Sioux City, IA |
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Composer of "Literature" questions for Quiz Bowl,
Iowa region |
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| 1992-1995 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA |
Vermillion, SD |
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Instructor of English, full-time |
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Courses Taught:
Introduction to Literature;
Composition;
Advanced Composition (using Macintosh computers);
Advanced Composition (without computers);
Freshman Honors English |
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| Summers, 1992, '94, '95 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA |
Vermillion, SD |
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Upward Bound Instructor (for Native incoming high school sophomores
and juniors) |
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Courses Taught:
Writing as Process;
Responding to Literature;
Critical Reading and Writing |
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| Summer, 1993 |
FORT RANDALL CASINO |
Fort Randall, SD |
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Business Writing Instructor for Internship Program |
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| 1990-92 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA |
Vermillion, SD |
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Teaching Assistant |
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Courses Taught:
Introduction to Literature;
Composition |
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| TEACHING AWARDS & RECOGNITION: |
College Distinguished Teaching Award (UNL), 2007 |
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Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students, UNL Teaching Council and Parents
Association, January 2005
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| SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS |
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My living room & couch for several weeks during the check-quotations stage of the book manuscript.
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Forthcoming: |
• SKYLARK MEETS MEADOWLARK: Reimagining the Bird in British Romantic and Contemporary Native American Literature (University of Nebraska Press, November 2009).
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| Peer-Reviewed Print Publications: |
• Review of Apprenticed to Justice. Kimberly Blaeser. Prairie Schooner [Fall 2008]. |
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• Review of Almost Ashore: Selected Poems. Gerald Vizenor. Prairie Schooner 82.2 (Summer 2008):
161-164. |
Leaves of Grass collection |
• "Jung, Carl." Encyclopedia entry. Encyclopedia of Counseling. Volume One: Personal and
Emotional Counseling (Sage Publishing, 2008). |
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| • "Complaints from the Spotted Hawk: Flights and Feathers in Whitman's 1855 Leaves of
Grass." Leaves of Grass: The 150th Anniversary Conference (U of Nebraska P, 2007). |
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| • "Reading Boddo's Body: Crossing the Borders of Race and Sexuality in Whitman's 'The Half-
Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier.'" Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 22.2-3 (Fall
2004/Winter 2005): 87-107. |
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| • "An Essay on Eagles." South Dakota Review 42.3 (Fall 2004): 142-149. |
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| Peer-Reviewed Online Publications: |
• "Teaching Guide for: 'Of Avians and Indigenes': Preliminary Notes on the Orientalization of the New World
Native and Natured Others." Literature Compass 4.4 (July 2007): 1332-1335.
< http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1741-4113.2007.00407.x >. |
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• "Of Avians & Indigenes: Preliminary Notes on the Orientalization of the New World Native
& Natured Others." Viewpoint. Literature Compass, Summer 2004.
< http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1741-4113.2004.00054.x >. |
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| Solicited Print Publications: |
• Review of Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing, ed. MariJo Moore. Great
Plains Quarterly 24.4 (Fall 2004): 302-303. |
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| Solicited Online Publications: |
• Introduction, to the UNL Electronic Text Center digital project, Birds of Nebraska: Newspaper
Accounts, 1854-1923, 2005.
< http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/birds_of_nebraska/introduction.html >. |
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• "A Most Absorbing Game: The New World Bird as Colonized Other." The Ampersand 11,
January 2002. < http://www.mprsnd.org/11/tg001.htm >. |
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| SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS & PANELS: |
• Panel presenter: "Gender and Sexuality in English Studies." UNL English Dept. Teaching and Research brownbag series.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, October 2007. |
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• Presentation: "'Great Faces, Great Places'?—or, How to Be from South Dakota and Not Be
from Anywhere at All." Stories of Home traveling-art-exhibit series. OASIS/UNL
Culture Center, November 2006. |
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• Panel presenter: "All Differences All the Time: New Paradigms in Teaching English." UNL
English Dept. Teaching and Research brownbag series. University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
November 2006. |
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• Seminar presentation: "Blues Coda-Riffs to Garry Owen." Nineteenth Century Studies Faculty
Seminar, May 8th(-10th), 2006. |
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• Presentation: "Of Ivory Towers & the Flutes of Dionysus: The Present/Presence of Native Lit.
at UNL." Paul A. Olson Colloquium: The Future of English Studies. University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, April 2006. |
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• Panel presenter: "Preparing Intentional Learners." ITLE project (Initiative for Teaching and
Learning Excellence). University of Nebraska-Lincoln, February 2006. |
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• Presentation: "The 'Eco-Indian' in the 21st Century." U.N.I.T.E. [University of Nebraska Inter-
Tribal Exchange] Brown Bag Discussion. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, November
2005. |
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• Conference paper: "A Fatal Frontier: The Passing of the Passenger Pigeon into Western
Nostalgia." John R. Milton Conference, Vermillion, SD, October 2005. |
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• Ethnic Studies panel presentation: "The Ward Churchill <em>Aftermath</em> and the Importance of
Ethnic Studies." University of Nebraska-Lincoln, September 2005. |
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• Conference paper: "Complaints from the Spotted Hawk: Flights and Feathers in Whitman's
1855 <em>Leaves of Grass</em>." Leaves of Grass: The 150th Anniversary Conference, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 2005. |
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• Panel presenter: "Shades of Green: Ecocriticism in the College Classroom." UNL Pedagogy
Conference, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, October 2004. |
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• Presentation: [faculty benefits regarding] USD Palm Pilot Initiative.
University of South Dakota Board of Trustees. Vermillion, SD, October 2001. |
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• Conference paper: "Reading Boddo's Body: Crossing the Borders of Race and Sexuality in
Whitman's 'The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier.'" John R. Milton
Conference, Vermillion, SD, February 2000. |
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• Conference paper: "The Writing Lab as Site of Cultural Hybridity." Midwest Writing Centers
Association Conference, Springfield, MO, October 1999. |
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• Presentation: Mac Internet Workshop for University of South Dakota English faculty. Vermillion, SD, September 1995. |
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| PUBLISHED POETRY: |
• "Bird Poem." Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Greg Kosmicki and Mary K. Stillwell.
Omaha: Backwaters Press, 2007: 68. |
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• "Bird Poem II." Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Greg Kosmicki and Mary K. Stillwell.
Omaha: Backwaters Press, 2007: 68. |
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• "Meeting the Master." Dear Walt: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Walt Whitman.
Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 2003: 68. |
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• "A Valentine's Day Poem for My Teacher." Vermillion Literary Project, Vermillion, SD, 1996.
[published under the name "Thomas Abercrombie"] |
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• "Hired Gun in an Action Thriller." Vermillion Literary Project, Vermillion, SD, 1996.
[published under the name "Thomas Abercrombie"] |
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• "Wakin' to Orion; or, After Kipling (WAY After)." Vermillion Literary Project, Vermillion, SD, 1996.
[published under the name "Thomas Abercrombie"] |
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• "Meeting the Master." You and Me, Streetlamp, Vermillion, SD: Vermillion Literary Project,
1995. |
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• "Bay Willow." You and Me, Streetlamp, Vermillion, SD: Vermillion Literary Project, 1995. |
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• "Owl Mountain." The Longneck, Vermillion, SD, Issue no. 2, 1994. |
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• "Bird Poem." The South Dakota Review (reprinted), Vermillion: University of South Dakota,
29.3.ii, 1991. |
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• "Amontillado." Dakota: Plains and Fancy, Vermillion, SD: Vermillion Literary Project,
1989. |
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• "Twinky the Puppy Speaks." Dakota: Plains and Fancy, Vermillion, SD: Vermillion Literary
Project, 1989. |
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• "Guitar Player at the State Fair." South Dakota Magazine, Yankton, SD, 1988. |
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• "Full Moon." Wanbli Ho (Sinte Gleska Literary Magazine), Mission, SD, 1988. |
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• "The Man Who Had Met Elvis." Green Bowl Review, Spearfish, SD, 1983. |
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• "Someone Asked Me." Green Bowl Review, Spearfish, SD, 1983. |
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• "Twentieth Century Fox." Green Bowl Review, Spearfish, SD, 1983. |
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• "Bird Poem." The South Dakota Review, Vermillion: University of South Dakota, 21.3, 1983. |
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| POETRY READINGS: |
• ["Eco-poets . . . read from their work in"] Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry. Environmental Writing and Criticism Community. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, November 2007. |
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• Featured poet. Pierce Street Coffee Works. Sioux City, IA. December 1995. |
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| (Own) DIGITAL PEDAGOGY & SCHOLARSHIP: |
Besides course web pages, my literary/scholarly web pages include . . . |
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• Native American Lit Resources |
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• Great "Indian" Moments in Pop Culture |
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• Literary Criticism/Theory |
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• Ecocriticism |
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• William Wordsworth |
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• Wordsworth's Birds |
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• Cool Bird Poems: an E-Anthology |
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| PROFESSIONAL/SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATIONS: |
• Member: Advisory Board, Bedford Anthology of American Literature, September 2005-
present. |
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• Fellow: Center for Great Plains Studies, 2004-present. |
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• Member: Environmental Writing and Criticism Community (UNL), 2003-present. |
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| PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: |
(all UNL unless otherwise specified) |
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• Guest Speaker (on Ecocriticism): Prof. Nick Spencer's ENGL 990 class, November 2007. |
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• Peer Reviewer, of " Uses of Narratology in Susan Power's The Grass Dancer": for Literature Compass (electronic journal: Blackwell Publishing), November 2007. |
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• Introduction of guest speaker Jay Johnson, Place-Conscious and Ecocritical Studies group, English Department, October 2007. |
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• Member of Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) Proposal Review Panel, September-October 2007. |
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• Volunteer for the Native American Spiritual and Cultural Awareness (NASCA) reading group, Nebraska State Penitentiary, March 2007-present. |
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• Guest Instructor: Prof. Rose Holz's WMNS 485/885 class, January 2007. |
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• Web-Designer/Consultant (& photographer) for new "Diversity" web pages: English Department, Fall 2006-Spring 2007. |
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• Member: Executive Committee, Institute for Ethnic Studies, Fall 2007-present. |
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• Introduction of visiting Native author David Treuer, English Department, November 2006. |
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• Member: Board of Governors, Center for Great Plains Studies, Fall 2006-present. |
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• Member: Center for Great Plains Studies Library Committee, Fall 2006-present. |
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• Chair: Center for Great Plains Studies Library Committee, Fall 2007-present. |
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• Guest Speaker (title: "There Ain't Nothin' Funny About Indian Humor"): Prof. Jan Wahl's
TEAC 300 (Multicultural Education) class, April 2006. |
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• Presentation of ceremonial Pendleton blanket, on behalf of Native American Studies, to Paul
A. Olson: Paul A. Olson Colloquium dinner, April 2006. |
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• Judge, Graduate Poetry Contest, English Department, March 2006. |
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• Member of diversity recruitment panel for Graduate Recruitment Committee, English Department, January 2006. |
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• Peer Reviewer, of "Native / American Digital Storytelling": for Literature Compass (electronic
journal: Blackwell Publishing), November 2005. |
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• Web-Design Consultant (for new Native American Studies web pages): Ethnic Studies,
November 2005. |
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• Guest Speaker (on "Cultural Studies"): Prof. Susan Belasco's ENGL 990 class, October 2005. |
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• Member: Curriculum Committee, Institute for Ethnic Studies, Fall 2005-Spring 2007. |
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• Member: UNL Women's and Gender Studies program, April 2005-present. |
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• Reader, of the Native American and Colonial Literature sections for the new Bedford
Anthology of American Literature, Spring 2005. |
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• Judge, Undergraduate Poetry Contest, English Department, April 2005. |
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• Judge, Essay Contest, Institute for Ethnic Studies, March 2005. |
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• Member: Chair's Advisory Committee, English Department, Spring 2005. |
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• Contributing member/consultant: UNL Electronic Text Center digital project, Birds of
Nebraska: Newspaper Accounts, 1854-1923, 2005. |
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• Guest Speaker (on "Cultural Studies"): Prof. Ken Price's ENGL 990 class, November 2004. |
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• Guest Speaker (on Indian boarding school experiences): Robert Gibney's Native American
Literature (ENGL/ETHN 245B) class, October 2004. |
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• Member: Advisory Board of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (UNL), 2004-
present. |
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• Judge, Graduate Poetry Contest, English Department, March 2004. |
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• Member: English Dept. Hiring Committee, for Debra Magpie Earling, April 2004. |
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• Member: English Dept. Hiring Committee, for Tom Lynch; March-April 2004. |
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• Presentation of ceremonial Pendleton blanket, on behalf of Native American Studies, to Walter
Echohawk: Unitarian Winter Lecture Series, March 2004. |
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• Introduction of Native poet Adrian C. Louis, John R. Milton Conference, U of South Dakota,
February 2004.
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