Feb. 11, 2015: Special guest lecture with Fulbright Scholar and Indigenous Studies Professor Beth Leonard

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 6-7 p.m. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Beth Leonard, an associate professor of indigenous studies at the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, will give a guest lecture on reclaiming Indigenous spaces in higher education.

Beth Leonard is Deg Hit'an Athabascan and originally from Shageluk, Alaska. Leonard's research interests include Indigenous pedagogies and methodologies, Athabascan linguistics and oral traditions.

Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), Te Kawa a Māui - School of Māori Studies hosted Beth Leonard for her five-month Fulbright New Zealand teaching and research scholarship. She co-instructed a joint VUW/UAF videoconference course, "Indigenous Knowledge and Science," with her faculty host, Dr. Ocean Mercier, and conducted research titled: "Getiy ngiłnath ts'i xiduxodinigi'anh (I am trying to learn for a very long time): Understanding Maori and indigenous spaces at tertiary institutions in Aotearoa, New Zealand."

In this presentation, Leonard will examine indigenous initiatives at Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, highlighting the cultural contexts within each setting. Her presentation will include an overview of the videoconference course and discussion of data collected through interviews with VUW faculty and former students.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

This event is sponsored by CAS Office of the Dean and Alaska Native Studies.

For more information, visit the UAA Alaska Native Studies website.

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