Alumni
Specialties
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Native American fiction
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fiction writing
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modernisms
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narration theory
Educational Background
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Ph.D.: Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2000.
Publications
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“Red Cloud’s War,” review of Joseph Marshall’s Hundred in the Hand: Treuer, David Robert, Washington Post Book World, 2007.
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“Ancestor Tales,” review of James Houston’s Birds of Another Heaven. Treuer, David Robert, Author, 2007.
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Native American Fiction: A User's Manual. Treuer, David Robert, Graywolf Press, Author, 2006.
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“The Trouble with Diversity,” review of Walter Benn Michael’s The Trouble with Diversity. Treuer, David Robert, Author, 2006.
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“The Clouds Overhead.” : Treuer, David Robert, Review of Native American Studies, 20.1 , 2006.
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The Translation of Dr. Apelles. Treuer, David Robert, Graywolf Press, Author, 2006. Link
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Native American Languages and Literature, Politics and Identity. Special issue of American Indian Quarterly, guest editor, 30.1, 2 (Winter/Spring 2006).
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“Smartberries, Interpreting Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine: Treuer, David Robert, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 29.1 , 2005.
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The Hiawatha: A Novel. Treuer, David Robert, Picador, Author, 1999.
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Little: A Novel. Treuer, David Robert, Graywolf Press; First paperback edition, New York: Picador, Author, 1995; 1996.
Awards
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Guggenheim Fellowship, 2007 - 2008
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McKnight Land Grant Professorship, 2002
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University of Minnesota Writer of Distinction, 1999
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Fulbright Fellow, Canada, 1996 - 1997
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QPB New Voices / New Visions Award, 1996
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Minnesota Book Award, 1996
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Pushcart Prize, 1996
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Rhodes Scholarship Finalist, 1992
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Mellon / Ford Summer Research Fellow, Cornell University, 1991
Courses Taught
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The Layering of Modern Narrative: Nabokov’s Pale Fire
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Creative Writing Fiction Seminar: Long Fiction
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Textual Interpretation, Investigation and Analysis—“Magical Realism” in Morrison, Marquez, and Saramago
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Intermediate Fiction Seminar
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Contemporary Native American Fiction: Silko, Alexie, Erdrich, Power, Welch
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The Literature of Minority Cultures
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Transatlantic Authors: Joyce, Proust, Mann
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The Modern Native American Novel
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American Literature Survey II from 1860—Present
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EngL 3960W - Junior-Senior Seminar: Nabokov
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