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  • Joseph P. Gone (1998-1999)

    September 1, 1998

    Joseph P. Gone (1998-1999) - (Gros Ventre), received his Ph.D. from the Clinical and Community Psychology Doctoral Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His dissertation is titled: "Affects and Its Disorders Among the Lakota Sioux." From 2010-2011 he completed a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and currently he works as an Associate Professor of Psychology (Clinical Area) and American Culture (Native American Studies) at the University of Michigan.

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  • Peggy J. Ackerberg (1997-1998)

    September 1, 1997

    Peggy J. Ackerberg (1997-1998) - (Citizen Potawatomi), attended Harvard's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. Her dissertation: "Peau rouge, marches blancs: The Marketing of Native America in French Literature." Peggy did not complete her dissertation, and is now employed in the private sector.

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  • Dennis (Dan) Runnels (1996-1997)

    September 1, 1996

    Dennis (Dan) Runnels (1996-1997) - (Colville), was a Visiting Instructor of Spanish and Native American Studies, Dartmouth College, 1997-2008. His dissertation: "Guaman Poma: An Amerindian's Discursvie Strategies of Resistance in Post-Conquest Peru." Dan has not yet completed his dissertation. Nevertheless, he was hired by the Native American Studies Program to teach a number of courses on identity and biography. He is now retired.

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  • Kevin Connelly (1995-1996)

    September 1, 1995

    Kevin Connelly (1995-1996) - (Onondaga),received his Ph.D. in linguistics from Cornell University. His dissertation is titled: "How to Capture the Moment: Aspect, Modality, and Tense in Onondaga Discourse." Kevin is now a Language Revitalization Consultant for Onondaga Nation, working on indigenous endangered language revitalization curriculum design and lesson planning and providing professional linguistic analysis and subsequent advice on second language acquisition. Previously, he was a professor at Southwest University from August 2011 to February 2012 in China. 

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  • Jo Ann Woodsum (1994-1995)

    September 1, 1994

    Jo Ann Woodsum (1994-1995) - (Cahuilla),received her PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a dissertation titled:  "The Cultural Construction of Zuni Women's Identity, 1870-1920." She is now an associate in Stein & Lubin LLP Real Estate Practice Group in San Francisco.

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