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Lawson, Angelica Marie

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Research

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  • Dr. Lawson's research focuses on Indigenous film, digital media, and literature and has a particular emphasis on the activist and pedagogical implications of such work. She has worked with scholars in other countries such as New Zealand, Finland and Norway examining the intersections of global indigenous film and media.

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  • American Indian and Indigenous literature, film, digital media, and art. American Indian language revitalization, digital storytelling, Indigenous youth media, IndigenousI activism, theoretical foundations in American Indian studies, theory and methodology in American Indian literary and film criticism, ethnic literature, race and representation

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Teaching

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  • CINE 2203 - American Indians in Film
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023
    Surveys the image of American Indians in American (especially Hollywood) film with an emphasis on "revisionist," or �breakthrough� films. It follows the creation of "the Hollywood Indian" from early literature to contemporary motion pictures. Films are analyzed within historical, social, and artistic contexts, and examined in terms of the impact their images have exerted upon American society at large, as well as Native communities. Near the end of the course we will look at what happens when Native Americans write, direct, and act in their own independent films. Same as ETHN 2203.
  • ENGL 2717 - American Indian Literature
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
    Surveys historical and contemporary North American Native American literature. Examines the continuity and incorporation of traditional stories and values in Native Literature, including novels, short stories and poetry. Same as ETHN 2713.
  • ETHN 2203 - American Indians in Film
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023
    Surveys the image of American Indians in American (especially Hollywood) film with an emphasis on "revisionist," or �breakthrough� films. It follows the creation of "the Hollywood Indian" from early literature to contemporary motion pictures. Films are analyzed within historical, social, and artistic contexts, and examined in terms of the impact their images have exerted upon American society at large, as well as Native communities. Near the end of the course we will look at what happens when Native Americans write, direct, and act in their own independent films. Same as CINE 2203.
  • ETHN 2713 - American Indian Literature
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
    Surveys historical and contemporary North American Native American literature. Examines the continuity and incorporation of traditional stories and values in Native Literature, including novels, short stories and poetry. Same as ENGL 2717.
  • ETHN 3103 - Selected Topics in American Indian Studies
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2023
    Examines a particular topic, theme, issue, or problem in American Indian Studies. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours on different topics. Recommended prerequisite: ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2203.
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