THEODORE C. VAN ALST, JR.
Present Position Assistant Professor and Co-Chair, Native American Studies University of Montana Payne Family Native American Center—203A Missoula, MT 59812 406.243.5883 Office / 860.617.0499 Mobile / [email protected]
Previous Position Assistant Dean Director, Native American Cultural Center Yale University June 2010-August 2014
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies University of Connecticut, 2008
Dissertation – “How Quickly They Forget: American Indians in European Film, 1962-1976.” Co-Directors: Norma Bouchard & Robert Tilton
M.A., Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies Concentration in Native American Film and Literature University of Connecticut, 2007
B. A. magna cum laude, Behavioral Science-Sociology University of Maine at Presque Isle, 2004
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
• The Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones Vol. 1, University of New Mexico Press (April 2015). 408 pp.
• “Lapin Noir: To Del Rio It Went.” A Critical Companion to the Fiction of Stephen Graham Jones, ed. Billy J. Stratton. University of New Mexico Press, (in press— Spring 2016).
• “Pre-Contact Indigenous North America.” American Indian Health and Nursing, ed. Margaret Moss. New York, NY, Springer Publishing (December 2015).
• “Contemporary Indigenous Health Issues.” American Indian Health and Nursing, ed. Margaret Moss. New York, NY, Springer Publishing (December 2015).
• “Film in the Blood, Something in My Eye.” The Routledge Companion to Native American Literature, ed. Deborah L. Madsen. New York, N.Y., Routledge, (September 1, 2015)
• “Navajo Joe.” Seeing Red: Hollywood’s Pixeled Skins, eds. Denise Cummings, LeAnne Howe, & Harvey Markowitz. Michigan State University Press. 2013. Pg. 147-154.
• “Savage Innocents (Quinn the Eskimo).” Seeing Red: Hollywood’s Pixeled Skins, eds. Denise Cummings, LeAnne Howe, & Harvey Markowitz. Michigan State University Press. 2013. Pg.172-179.
• “Sherman Shoots Alexie: Working With and Without Reservation(s) in The Business of Fancydancing.” Visualities: Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art, ed. Denise Cummings. Michigan State University Press, 2011. Pg. 73-94.
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
• “Expectations and Preferences for Counseling and Psychotherapy in Native Americans.” With Mark Beitel, Ah’Keyah Andrada Allahjah, Christopher Cutter, Ned Blackhawk, Declan T. Barry. Journal of Indigenous Research. Vol. 2: Iss. 1, 2013, Article 2. Pg. 1-7.
• “Círculo parlante: hablando con y sin reservas sobre The Business of Fancydancing.” (“‘Talking Circle’: Speaking With and Without Reservation(s) in The Business of Fancydancing.”) Traducción: Jorge Proenza González in Miradas—Journal of the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba). May 2007. Pg. 31-56.
CREATIVE REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
• “Foreword.” Off the Path: Volume II: An Anthology of 21st Century American Indian and Indigenous Writers, ed. Adrian Jawort. Off the Pass Press. April 2015
• Cover copy/review for Wakpá Wanáǧi / Ghost River. Brings Plenty, Trevino L. Omaha, NE: The Backwaters Press, 2015.
• “Old Gold Couch.” Good Medicine: An Anthology of Native American Humor, eds. Tiffany Midge and Natanya Ann Pulley. Lost Horse Press. Forthcoming Van Alst CV 2
• “The Lordsprayer.” Four Winds Literary Magazine, ed. Misty Ellingburg. Issue 2, Winter 2015. Pg. 105-112.
• “Old Gold Couch.” Yellow Medicine Review, ed. Tiffany Midge. Fall 2014 issue. Pg. 124-130.
• “West.” Future Earth Magazine ed. Travis Hedge Coke. Vol. 2, pg. 93-97. May 2009.
PUBLISHED REVIEWS
• Gillo Pontecorvo: From Resistance to Terrorism. Celli, Carlo. Oxford: The Scarecrow Press, 2005. The Journal of Italian Culture. Vol. XXIV-XXV 2007.
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS
• American Indian Quarterly. Article review. University of Nebraska Press. Nov. 2014
• Native American and Indigenous Studies Journal. Article review. University of Minnesota Press. Aug. 2014
• Book review for the University of Nebraska Press. Aug. 2010
• The Journal of Transnational American Studies. Article review. UC Santa Barbara/Stanford. July 2010
• Studies in American Indian Literature. Article review. University of Toronto Press. Dec. 2009
CURRENT BOOK PROJECT
• Spaghetti and Sauerkraut with a Side of Frybread / Code Red: Revolution and American Indians in European Film
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS / LECTURES
• Off the Path, Vol. 2. Organizer and presenter for public reading for book launch with Sterling HolyWhiteMountain and Adrian Jawort. PFNAC, University of Montana, May 2015
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• ‘Control of Our Image:’ A Panel Discussion on Fourth Media. Invited panelist. University of Alberta. April 2015
• Film in the Blood. Invited public lecture. University of Alberta. March 2015
• Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Films for Young Natives. Presenter and opening remarks for screening of Jeff Barnaby’s award-winning film. Native American Literature Symposium, Isleta Pueblo. March 2015
• Old Gold Couch: Readings from the Yellow Medicine Review. Native American Literature Symposium, Isleta Pueblo. March 2015
• Outside Jones, Inside Academe. Invited lecture for Advanced Creative Writing class CRWR 491: Insiders/Outsiders. University of Montana. November 2014.
• Lapin Noir: To Del Rio it Went. Western Literature Association Annual Conference. University of Victoria, BC. November 2014
• Film in the Blood, Something in My Eye. Literature and Film Association Annual Conference, University of Montana. October 2014
• Stephen Graham Jones: Laws, Land, and Zombies. Invited chair. 6th annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference. Austin, TX. May 2014
• “The More Indian You Are, The More Cowboy I’ll Be.” Invited panelist, Thinking Its Presence: Race & Creative Writing, contemporary film and literature section. University of Montana. April 2014
• Oh, Colonies! Invited lecture, Colloquium Series, Migizii Agamik. University of Manitoba. March 2014
• The Mighty Quinn! Invited lecture, Master and Fellows of Morse College, Yale University. Feb. 2014
• Imaging the Indigenous: First Nations and Native Hawaiian Imaginaries. Invited lecture/discussion. University of Saskatchewan, Feb. 2014
• The Black Power Mixtape. Public screening and discussion. Yale University, Jan. 2014
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• Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Things People Do When They Think Indians Aren’t Looking. Invited public lecture. Yale University, November 2013
• Resistance. Opening remarks and introductions for Native Activism and Incarceration panel at the Gilder Lehrman Center’s 15th Annual International Conference—Indigenous Enslavement and Incarceration in North American History. Yale University, November 2013
• When Quinn the Eskimo Gets Here. Invited lecture for the Institute of Native American Studies, University of Georgia. November 2013
• More than Frybread? Invited public screening and lecture. Middletown International Film Festival V. Middletown, CT. October 2013
• The Role of the Cultural Centers. Invited lecture. Student Affairs in the Ivy League Conference, Yale University, August 2013
• Late Twentieth Century Indian Activism. Invited Chair, 5th Annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference. Saskatoon, SK. June 2013
• Red Scenes, Red Screens. Invited lecture. Yale University, April 2013
• Seeing Red: Hollywood’s Pixeled Skins. Plenary panel member and presenter. Native American Literature Symposium. Mystic Lake, Minnesota. March 2013
• Winter in the Blood. Advance screening with director Alex Smith and actor Chaske Spencer. Native American Literature Symposium. Mystic Lake, Minnesota. March 2013
• Reading Tracks. Invited public presentation and discussion for the Reading Circle at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. Feb. 2013
• Cowboys and …Indians? Invited lecture and panel discussion. Columbia University, NYC. Nov. 2012
• Comparative Native Cinema. Invited lecture and screening of Boy, and selected short films. University of Massachusetts—Boston. Nov. 2012
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• American Indian Students and Mental Health: Some Approaches. Presentation for the Director and Staff of the Yale Mental Health and Counseling Department. Oct. 2012
• Exploring “Pop” Indigenous Cultural Studies: the Novel, Aural, and Visual in Native Popular Culture. Invited Chair, 4th Annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference. Mohegan, CT. June 2012
• Youth Culture. Invited Chair, 4th Annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference. Mohegan, CT. June, 2012
• Native New Mexico: Cinema at the Centenary. Presentation and discussion of the works of Jason Asenap (Comanche), Melissa Henry (Navajo), Ramona Emerson (Navajo), Blackhorse Lowe (Navajo), and Brian Young (Navajo). Native American Literature Symposium, Isleta Casino & Resort, Isleta Pueblo, March 2012
• Building American Indian Studies In and Outside Academia. Multiple Identity Speaker Series. Invited lecture. New York University School of Law. February, 2012
• Reel Injun? Invited lecture and screening. Office of International Students and Scholars, Yale University. November, 2011
• This is a Reel Injun. Invited lecture and screening. University of Massachusetts—Boston. November, 2011
• BOY. Invited lecture and screening. Third Annual Middletown International Film Festival, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. November 2011
• Navajo Joe Rides Again! Ninth Native American Symposium: “Where No One Else Has Gone Before.” Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK. November 2011
• Gambling on Navajo Joe. 3rd annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference. UC—Davis/Sacramento, May 2011
• Reel Injun – Private screening and lecture for The Mohegan Tribe. Uncasville, CT, April 2011
• Navajo Joe! Inaugural Keynote for Borders, Spaces, Identities, University of Florida Graduate History Conference. Gainesville, FL, April 2011
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• Visualities. Plenary panel member. Native American Literature Symposium, Isleta Casino & Resort, Isleta Pueblo, March 2011
• Otherness: an Interactive Academic Panel. Invited lecture. Yale University, November 2010
• Reel Injun. Invited lecture and screening. Second Annual Middletown International Film Festival, Middletown, CT. November 2010
• Stereotypes, Hollywood, and Native Filmmakers. Invited lecture. University of Massachusetts—Amherst. November 2010
• Giving Thanks to Condor, Eagle, and Chocolate. Organizer and opening remarks for lecture and dance performance by Jay Levy. Yale University, November 2010
• File Under Miscellaneous. Opening remarks and post-screening discussant for U.S. premiere of File Under Miscellaneous (dir. Jeff Barnaby [Mi’gMaq]). Yale University, October 2010
• Reel Injun. Invited lecture. Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. October 2010
• A Good Day to Die. Opening remarks and post-screening discussant for A Good Day to Die (2010), with Dennis Banks. Yale University, September 2010
• Representations I. Invited Chair, 2nd Annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference, University of Arizona. May 2010
• American Indians of the Northeast: Who is Telling the Story? Invited panel discussion with Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche). Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. April 2010
• Another Kind of Storyteller. Invited Lecture and Film Screening with Rebecca Levy (Mashantucket Pequot) and Bruce Curliss (Nipmuc), University of Connecticut, Avery Point, April 2010
• Teaching Skins: A Participatory Roundtable. Co-Chair, workshop on teaching Native cinema to non-Native and Native students. Native American Literature Symposium, Isleta Casino & Resort, Isleta Pueblo. March 2010
• Putting the “I” in indigenous Media. Invited lecture for Honors Program
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ANTH 1001W Anthropology Through Film, University of Connecticut, Storrs. March 2010
• Giving Thanks to Condor and Eagle. Organizer, presenter, and opening remarks for lecture and performance by Jay Levy, Cultural Coordinator for the Mohegan Tribe. University of Connecticut. November 2009
• Invited Panelist. Graduate School Workshop for the Literary Studies Program at Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, The Bronx. November 2009
• Navajo Joe. Invited presentation for the Junior Faculty Forum of the Humanities Institute. University of Connecticut. October 2009
• The Cinema of Gillo Pontecorvo. Podcast lecture as part of a program entitled “New Voices in the Study of Literature and Film” on iTunes U. Co-designed and –delivered with Phillip Balma, University of Connecticut. September 2009
• Welcome to Indian Country. Invited lecture by the University of Connecticut American English Language Institute. Special lecture on Native American history for Turkish, Korean, and Chinese students of the Institute. September 2009
• Hey, Wait a Minute. Those are Indians. Presented at the first annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, University of Minnesota. May 2009
• Western European Representations of Native People on the Silver Screen. Invited Lecturer—Representations of Indigenous People and Place Series. University of Connecticut, Avery Point. April 2009
• Tkaronto. Organizer, presenter, and opening remarks for filmmaker Shane Belcourt (Métis) and screening of the award winning (Best Director at the 2008 Dreamspeakers Film Festival and the 2008 Talking Stick Film Festival) film Tkaronto (2008) at the University of Connecticut. March 2009
• "Paatuwaqatsi - Water - Land - Life: H2Opi Run to Mexico: a Film by Victor Masayesva." Presented at the Native American Literature Symposium, Isleta Pueblo. February 2009
• Burn, Baby, Burn!: Gillo’s Inferno. Closing Keynote Speaker. Presentation and remarks for screening of Queimada [Burn!] (dir. Gillo Pontercorvo, 1968) at the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s 1968 and 2008: Years of Transformation. November 2008 Van Alst CV 8
• Buzz Around the Colony. Presenter and opening remarks via podcast for screening of The Colony (2007) at The Native American Literature Symposium, Mystic Lake, Minnesota. March 2008
• The Bones of Letters, the Skeletons of Words. Organizer, presenter, and opening remarks for reading of new works of poetry by Orlando White (Diné) at the University of Connecticut, Avery Point. February 2008
• The Colony. Organizer, presenter and opening remarks for filmmaker Jeff Barnaby (Mi’gMaq) and the United States premiere of the award-winning film The Colony (Best Canadian Film, ImagineNative 2007, Jutra [Quebec Oscar] nominated) at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. November 2007.
• Buffalo Bull Howling: The Art of Brent Learned. Organizer, presenter and opening remarks for exhibition by painter/sculptor Brent Learned (Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho) at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, November 2007
! Native American Studies: Perceptions, Perspectives and THE Native American. Invited Plenary Speaker: Inaugural session of the American Experience Lecture Series at the University of Connecticut, Avery Point. September 2007
! ‘Talking Circle’: Speaking With and Without Reservation(s) in The Business of Fancydancing. Presented at the Native American Literature Symposium, Saginaw Chippewa Soaring Eagle, Midland, Michigan, March 2007
• They Fled. Invited Speaker. Presentation and remarks for Dr. Andrea Smith (Cherokee), Closing Keynote Speaker at the 19th Annual Conference on Women and Gender at the University of Connecticut, February 2007
• Defenders of the Black Hills—Organizer, presenter and opening remarks for lecture by Charmaine White Face (Oglala Lakota) at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. November 2006
• Black Seminoles—Organizer, presenter and opening remarks for lecture by Joseph Opala at the University of Connecticut, November 2006.
• Il Grande Duello: Franco Solinas Has a Bullet for You, Gringo! Co-authored with Raymond Rice, University of Maine at Presque Isle. Presented at Robert Dombroski Italian Studies Conference, University of Connecticut, September 2006
• The Alchemy of Avarice: Antiquarian Others, El Libro de las Profecías and the American Holocaust. Presented at the American Comparative Literature Van Alst CV 9
Association Conference, Princeton University, March 2006 (Nominated as Conference Best Graduate Paper)
• The Scope of Film Studies—Panelist. Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs. April 2006
• A Thousand Roads—Signature film of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. Proposer, organizer, presenter, and opening remarks at the University of Connecticut’s Konover Auditorium. September 2006
• Never Give a Fool an Onion to Peel: The Human Rights Conundrum in Sierra Leone— Organizer, presenter and opening remarks for lecture by Joseph Opala at the University of Connecticut, November 2006
TEACHING Assistant Professor of Native American Studies Department of Native American Studies University of Montana 2014—present Classes taught:
NASX 235 – Oral and Written Traditions of Native Americans NASX 360 – Native Americans and Cinema NASX 105 – Introduction to Native American Studies NASX 304 – Native American Beliefs and Philosophy
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies Co-Chair and Director of Graduate Studies for Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies Departments of Modern and Classical Languages, English University of Connecticut 2008—2010 Department of Modern and Classical Languages – Classes Taught:
CLCS 3211 – Indigenous Cinema Worldwide (class creator) CLCS 1110 – Introduction to Film Studies (class creator) CLCS 3208 – Film History CLCS 1101 – Classics of World Literature CLCS 3888 – Special Topics in Native American Film: Representation
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Department of English – Classes Taught:
ENGL 3210 – Native American Literature ENGL 3621 – Literature and Other Disciplines ENGL 6000 (GRAD) – Native Women Writers and Activism: 1960-The Present
• Direction and/or Membership Honors Theses, and PhD Dissertations at the University of Connecticut:
Mandy Suhr-Sytsma Collaborative Sovereignty: The Visionary Work of American Indian and Canadian Aboriginal Young Adult Literature (Ph.D. Associate Committee Member). Completed
Eda Dedebas, Ph.D. Comprehensive Examinations—Oral Defense.
Nicole McClure Ph.D. Comprehensive Examinations—Written
Dan Gross Making a Story Move: The Art of Film Editing (B.A. Honors Thesis Direction). Completed
Lecturer, University of Connecticut 2008
Departments of Modern and Classical Languages, Anthropology, and English
• Department of Modern and Classical Languages CLCS 3888 – Native American Film (class creator) ! Department of English (Avery Point) ENGL 272 – Native American Literature • Department of Anthropology ANTH 270 – Contemporary Native American Issues ! Department of English ENGL 272 – Native American Literature
Graduate Instructor, University of Connecticut 2006-2007 • Instructor CLCS 3888 – Native American Film CLCS 297—Special Topics (new, original course) CLCS 207—Film Genre CLCS 208—Film History CLCS 110—Introduction to Film and Film Analysis (new, original course)
• Invited Lecture: History is Always Already: Contemporary Native American Poetry CLCS 102, University of Connecticut. Spring 2007
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• Invited Lecture: Creating Space: Cultural Competencies and Native American Students EPSY 429 (GRAD), Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Fall 2006
Administrator and Teaching Assistant – University of Connecticut Writing Center, 2005-2007
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE
• Co-Chair, Native American Studies Department, University of Montana, May 2015-Current
• Visiting Faculty, Literatures of Indigenous Peoples, Summer Seminars And Institutes For School Teachers, University of Montana, June 2014
• Lecturer, Yale School of Management, June 2013-August 2014
• Director, Tribal Leadership Program Yale School of Management, June 2013- August 2014
• Roberti Scholarship Committee Member, Fall 2014, Spring 2015
• Native American Program—College of Forestry and Conservation Hiring Committee, December 2014
• Appointed to Montana Commissioner of Higher Education American Indian Achievement Council, October 2014
• Appointed to University of Montana Faculty Senate, September 2014
• Blackfoot Language Committee Member, September 2014
• Faculty Advisor, University of Montana Indigenous Filmmakers Club, 2014- 15
• Director, 4th Henry Roe Cloud Conference. Yale University November 2013
• Extensive national Yale University Admissions/Recruitment presentations. August 2010-2014
• Opening Days Parent’s Information Panel with the Dean of Yale College. 2011, 2012, 2013
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• Faculty Liaison, Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies, Newberry Library McNickle Center, 2013-2014
• Mohegan Tribe Youth Empowerment Workshop. Daylong workshop for Mohegan Tribal youth. July 2013
• Morse College Residential Fellow, Yale University 2013-2014
• Advisory Board Member, Institute for New England Native American Studies 2013-2014
• Old Campus Residential Fellow, Yale University 2012-13
• Planning Committee, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition Annual Conference, Fall 2013
• Executive Host Committee, 4th Annual Meeting of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Mohegan, CT, June 2012
• Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, Faculty Committee, Yale University, 2011- 2014
• Henry Roe Cloud Dissertation Fellowship Committee, Yale University, 2011- 2014
• Morris K. Udall Scholarship Committee, Yale University, 2011- 2014
• ROTC Advisory Committee, Yale University, 2011- 2014
• Directed Independent Language Study Committee, Yale University, 2010- 2014
• MLK University-Wide Planning Committee, Yale University, 2011- 2014
• University-Wide Safety Committee, Yale University, 2011-12
• Nakanishi Prize Selection Committee, Yale University, 2011- 2014
• Intercultural Affairs Council, Yale University, 2010-2014
• Director, 3rd Henry Roe Cloud Conference, Yale University, November 2010
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• Participant, First Annual Native Cinema Summit, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Center for Contemporary Arts and Milagro at Los Luceros, Udall Center for Museum Resources, Santa Fe, NM, August 2010
• Director of Graduate Studies, Program in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Connecticut, 2009 – 2010
• Modern and Classical Languages Headship Search Committee, University of Connecticut, 2009
• Aetna Graduate Creative Works in Progress Committee, University of Connecticut, 2009
• Appointed Co-Chair of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Connecticut, 2009
• Appointed to Graduate School Faculty – Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, English, University of Connecticut, October 2008
• Affiliated Faculty, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Connecticut, 2008 – 2010 • Affiliated Faculty, Humanities Institute, Junior Faculty Forum, University of Connecticut, 2008 – 2010
• Faculty Advisor, University of Connecticut – Native American Cultural Society, Film Club, 2008 – 2010
• Film Selection Co-Coordinator, Native American Literature Symposium. 2008-14
• Chair, University of Connecticut Native American Studies Community Advisory Committee—2007
• Graduate Student Committee. Cuba-USSR and the post-Soviet Experience Conference University of Connecticut/Instituto Cervantes NYC /Seton Hall University—2007
• Invited Chair, Committee for University Scholar in Film Studies applicant Daniel Gross. University of Connecticut, October 2007
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• Co-Chair, Organizing Committee. University of Connecticut Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies Annual Conference—2006
• Member, ex oficio. Vice Provost Brinley Franklin Five-year Review Committee—University of Connecticut, 2006
• Coordinator, University of Connecticut Native American Cultural Society Office 2005 – 2008
• Graduate Assistant to Vice Provost for Multicultural and International Affairs, University of Connecticut, 2005 – 2007
• Graduate Assistant to Associate Dean College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2005
• Film and Video Archivist for the Human Rights Institute/Culpepper Media Library, University of Connecticut, 2005
• GED Examiner/Instructor, Connecticut Department of Corrections, 2007
FELLOWSHIPS/SCHOLARSHIPS/HONORS
• University Grant for research project Code Red: Revolution and American Indians in European Film. University of Montana, April 2015.
• Keynote Speaker. Mohegan Tribal Graduation. June 2013
• University of Maine at Presque Isle Educator of the Year, 2012
• Invited Singer, with Aaron Athey (Mohegan). Opening Ceremonial Song for Annual New England Dean’s Meeting. Yale University. March 2008
• Provost’s Award for Excellence in Outreach and Public Engagement. University of Connecticut, November 2007
• Invited Participant, Mohegan Tribal Delegation. Ceremony and dedication for opening of Yale University Native American Cultural Center, September 2007
• University of Connecticut, Department of Modern and Classical Languages Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Summer 2007. Supported research for project “The Good, The Bad and The Left: Gringo/Meticcio Dialectics in the Spaghetti Western.”
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• Undergraduate Student Government Advisor of the Year finalist for work with the University of Connecticut Native American Cultural Society, Spring 2007
• University of Connecticut, Department of Modern and Classical Languages Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Summer 2006. Supported study at the Gullah Studies Institute, Penn Center, St. Helena Island, SC
• University of Connecticut, Department of Modern and Classical Languages Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Spring 2006. Supported research at the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain
INTERVIEWS
• Film:
Standing in the Place of Fear: The Legacy of Henry Roe Cloud (2013). Executive Producer, Renya Ramirez
• Television:
“Hollywood’s Native American Narrative.” The Stream. Al Jazeera Television. 7/16/13 < http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201307162334-0022909>
“Mankind The Story of All of Us.” Nutopia Productions, The History Channel. May 2012. Episodes include: Pioneers; Revolutions; Treasure, New World
• Radio:
“Cashing in on Culture or Making a Living?” Native America Calling. 8/13/13
“First Nations Appropriation.” Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC). 8/12/13
Individual interviews for national and local stations: Quebec City / Windsor / Thunder Bay / Yellowknife / Ontario AM / Sudbury / Calgary / Victoria / Vancouver
“Tonto and the Lone Ranger.” Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC). 7/3/13
Individual interviews for national and local stations: Kelowna / Victoria / Thunder Bay / Sudbury / Whitehorse / Ottawa
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“Twilight!” Native America Calling. 11/15/12
“Postcards from Route 66: Spaghetti Westerns.” All Things Considered. National Public Radio (NPR) 10/13-14/09
• Print:
“Federal Acknowledgement in the United States of America.” Fabricio Lobel. Veja (Brazil). Forthcoming.
“Native American Indie Films Open Dialogue About Culture at UM.” Montana Kaimin. 10/22/14
“In the Spirit of Community.” Montana Kaimin. James Column. 10/20/14
“Do the Sweetwaters Blur the Lines of Native American Culture?” Denver Westword. Simon Moya-Smith. 8/8/2013
“Depp’s Tonto: An Upgrade on a Stereotype or Just an Updated Stereotype?” The Washington Post. Dan Zak. 7/2/13
“Is the New Tonto Any Better Than the Old Tonto?” Smithsonian Magazine. Jerry Adler. July-August 2013.
• Digital:
“Redskins Players Backpedal on Name Change.” Indian Country Today. 7/25/13.
“Obama’s ‘Native American’ Reference During Immigration Speech Sparks Bering Strait Twitter Surge.” Simon Moya-Smith. Indian Country Today 1/30/13.
CONSULTING
• Consultant for the Disney Channel, Aug. 2013, April, July, September 2014, March, April, May, June 2015.
• Consultant / Expert Witness for the State of Connecticut Department of Correction and Attorney General’s Office, Sept. 2011- August 2014.
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CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
• Native American Literature Symposium
• Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
• The Literature/Film Association
• Association for the Study of American Indian Literature
• Western Literature Association
Past member:
• American Comparative Literature Association
• National Indian Education Association
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
• Northern Great Plains Native Artist Consortium / Lakota Ways
• Native American Veteran’s Association
• Indigenous Cinema at the Roxy
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