2018 - Present | Research Professor, Portland State University ‐ American Indian Teacher Program | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2020 - 2020 | Whiteley Scholar |
University of Washington | |
Writer's Residency | |
2019 | Fulbright Specialist to Malta |
Fulbright Progam --US State Department | |
Role: Competitive selection to be on a roster of senior scholars to work on NGO, government, and university projects around the world. | |
2019 | Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency |
KHN Center for the Arts | |
Role: Writer's Fellowship | |
2019 | Playa Arts and Science Residency |
Playa | |
Role: Writer's Fellowship | |
2018 | La Napoule Art Foundation Residency |
La Napoule Art Foundation | |
Role: Writer's Fellowship | |
2016 | BinderCon Fellowship |
BinderCon (Women's Writing Community & Conferences) | |
2000 | People to People Ambassadors South African Delegate |
People to People International | |
Role: Delegate (North American academics involved in multicultural education exchanged ideas with South African colleagues) Grants from People to People and the University of British Columbia. | |
1999 | International Council for Canadian Studies Fellowship |
International Council for Canadian Studies | |
Role: Fellowship in Canadian Studies | |
1992 - 1997 | Regents Fellowship |
University of Nebraska | |
1994 - 1996 | National Endowment for the Humanities Grant |
NEH | |
Role: Executive Director of "A Home Out West" documentary | |
1994 - 1995 | Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship |
Kosciuszko Foundation | |
1994 - 1994 | English-Speaking Union Research Grant |
English-Speaking Union of the United States, Oklahoma City Branch | |
1994 | Center for Great Plains Studies Research Grant |
Center for Great Plains Studies | |
1992 - 1992 | Oxford--University of Nebraska at Omaha Award |
University of Nebraska at Omaha |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2012 - Present | Board Member, Bosco-Milligan Foundation /Architectural Heritage Center | 2010 - Present | Member, NW Freedom Singers (teaching songs of the Civil Rights Movement) | 2004 - Present | Member, MelloMacs Choir | 2014 - 2020 | President (4 yrs), Vice President (2 years), Goose Hollow Foothills League | 2014 - 2017 | Board Member, Friends of Goose Hollow | 2014 - 2016 | Member, Historic Columbia River Highway 2016 Centennial Committee | 2007 - 2010 | Board Member, Goose Hollow Foothills League | 2007 - 2010 | Board Member, Neighbors West, Northwest (neighborhood association coalition) | 2003 - 2009 | Board Member, Transition Projects | 2005 - 2007 | Board Member, Native American Art Council (Portland Art Museum) | 2002 - 2004 | Faculty Representative, Faculty Senate, Portland State University |
Honors and Awards
- 2019 Fulbright
- 2018 La Napoule Art Foundation Residency (international arts/writer's residency)
- 2015 NW Examiner Community Award (as board member for Friends of Goose Hollow)
- 2012 NW Examiner Historic Preservation Award
- 2000 People to People Ambassadors Grant to South Africa
- 1999 International Council for Canadian Studies Fellowship
- 1994-1996 NEH
- 1994-1995 Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship
- 1992-1997 Regents Fellowships University of Nebraska
1997 | Doctor of Philisophy (Ph.D.), University of Nebraska - Lincoln ‐ English (Cultural Studies) | |
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1992 - 1994 | University of Oxford ‐ Exeter College (Cultural Studies) | |
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1992 | Master of Arts (M.A,), University of Nebraska at Omaha ‐ English and Education | |
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1992 | Bachelor of Science (B.S.), University of the State of New York ‐ Regents College (Education) | |
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