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 Van Alst CV 3 • ‘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 Van Alst CV 4 • 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 Van Alst CV 5 • 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