Professor Kelsey’s research interests, as represented by her publications, include: Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews (University of Nebraska Press, 2008), Strawberries in Brooklyn: Maurice Kenny Considered (SUNY Press, 2011), and Reading the Wampum, which focuses on Haudenosaunee visual culture and narrative from a Haudenosaunee Studies perspective. Topics include: the reformulation of Haudenosaunee knowledge via wampum tropes in James Stevens' and Eric Gansworth's writing; the condolence ceremony and cultural regeneration in Mohawk director Shelley Niro's films; and the contestation of Iroquois national identity and territories in Tracey Deer's Club Native (2008).
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Native American Literature, Native American Film, Native American Visual Traditions, Native American Writing Systems, Native American Epistemologies, Native American Languages, Comparative Indigenous Studies, US Ethnic Literatures, Ethnicity and Disability, Multiracial Representations, Indigenous Feminisms, Tribal Feminisms, Red Feminism, Visuality Theory
ENGL 1001 - Writing, Reading, Culture
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019
This course provides training and practice in writing and critical thinking with a focus on literary and cultural studies. We will emphasize reading, the writing process, the fundamentals of composition, and the structure of arguments. There will be varied writing assignments with opportunities for revision.
ENGL 2102 - Literary Analysis
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Fall 2020
Students will build skills in careful, detailed reading and critical writing. Focusing on poetry, prose, and plays, the course cultivates an understanding of literary forms and genres and introduces techniques and vocabulary essential for the study of literature.
ENGL 3005 - The Literature of New World Encounters
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Spring 2020
This course explores how literary, cultural, and historical works stage intersections and encounters between European settlers and Indigenous peoples. Christopher Columbus�s epochal journey brought the Old World (Asia, Africa, Europe) into contact with the New World (the Americas), setting in motion the diffusion of plants, animals, peoples, and pathogens. Students will think about the economic, cultural, historical, and biological consequences of the European invasion and settlement of the Americas.
ENGL 3226 - Folklore
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Fall 2018
Emphasizes formal study of folk traditions (including tales, songs, games, customs, beliefs, and crafts) within a theoretical framework, using examples from several cultures.
ENGL 3377 - Literatures of Race, Multiculturalism, Ethnicity
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018
Race-related controversies are constantly in the news, and college is when many of us form opinions on these topics. Exploring the literatures of race, multiculturalism, and ethnicity alongside and beyond traditional classics can help us become more informed members of society. This course will help students understand how reading literary and cultural texts and media consumption can shape our assumptions of shared belonging or unbridgeable differences. Topics vary each semester. Check department description for details. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours for different topics.
ENGL 4697 - Special Topics in Ethnic US Literatures
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Fall 2020
This course will go in-depth into a special topic in ethnic US literatures through texts drawn from African American, Chicana/o/x, Latina/o/x, Native American and Indigenous, Asian American, and/or Arab American traditions. Topics vary by semester. Check department description for details. Same as ETHN 4692.
ENGL 4717 - Native American and Indigenous Studies Capstone Seminar
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2020
Engages a wide range of NAIS methodologies with a series of case studies. Focuses on print, visual, and digital texts encompassing wide swathe of Eurowestern disciplines, while seeking to recuperate and restore Indigenous epistemic practices within our scholarship. Refines students' skills in intellectual debate in the spirit of shared inquiry and challenges research and writing skills.
ENGL 5169 - Multicultural/Postcolonial Studies
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Fall 2019
Introduces graduate level study of ethnic American and/or postcolonial writing in English, including relevant theoretical discourse. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, historical background, and secondary criticism. Cultivates research skills necessary for advanced graduate study. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
FYSM 1000 - First Year Seminar
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Fall 2019
Provide first year students with an immersive experience in an interdisciplinary topic that addresses current issues including social, technical and global topics. Taught by faculty from across campus, the course provides students with an opportunity to interact in small classes, have project based learning experiences and gain valuable communication skills. Seminar style classes focused on discussion and projects.
