Education

2004 – 2005

• Dakota Language Master/Apprentice Program with Dakota Instructor Glen Wasicuna, Shakopee Dakota Community, Prior Lake, MN

1980

• Ph.D., English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
  

1976

• M.Phil, High Honors, Columbia University

1974

• MA, Distinction, Columbia University

1972

• BA, cum laude, Social Relations (social anthropology, psychology), Harvard University

1968

• Landon School Valedictorian

Employment

1986 – present

• Professor of Language, Literature, and Culture, Maryland Institute College of Arts (MICA)

1994

• Fulbright Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Fiction, University of Antwerp, Belgium

1979 – 1985

• Assistant Professor of English, American University

1983 – 1984

• Mellon Fellow in Postcolonial Studies, Center for Humanities, Wesleyan University

1978 – 1979

• Instructor of 20th-Century British Literature, University of Michigan

1990 – 1992

• Adjunct Instructor of Cultural Theory, Corcoran School of Art

1983

• Adjunct Instructor of Southern Literature, Smithsonian Institution

1977 – 1978

• Adjunct Instructor of Literature and Popular Culture, Stevens Institute of Technology

1974 – 1976

• Teaching Assistant in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

Grants

2006

• $50,000 Tandberg Technology Initiative for Native Americans

2004

• $3000 Fellowship in Dakota Language and Linguistics, Arts and Humanities Council, Montgomery County, MD

2001

• $10,000 American Philosophical Society, individual research grant for American Indian studies

2000

• Co-authored $30,000 Bush Foundation Planning Grant for Dakota Survival Institute, an archive of oral traditions

1999

• Native American Outreach section of $650,000 Lila Wallace Community Arts Partnership

Also the recipient of American University & MICA faculty development grants in 1983, 1984, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.

Consulting

2000 – present

• Spirit Lake Dakota Nation, Grant writing, Dakota language revival, treaty and enrollment research

NEH Summer Seminars

1996

• History of the Book, University of Chicago

1979

• Influence of Newton and Darwin on American Religious History, Haverford College

Dissertation

1980

• "The Breach of Such a Covenant: Individualism and American Community, 1630 1891." Columbia University. Sacvan Bercovitch, advisor. Chapters on John Winthrop, Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Herman Melville as representative figures in an evolving debate about whether Anglo-Americans were breaking their covenants with God, with each other, and with American Indians.

Award

1974

• Lewis Leary Award for Columbia M.A. essay "Love, Race, and the Wilderness: the Coherence of Themes in Go Down, Moses."

Studies

• Postcolonial studies with Edward Said at Columbia
• Postcolonial studies with Gayatri Spivak at Wesleyan's Center for Humanities
• 20th-century British literature with Lionel Trilling at Columbia
• Native American oral traditions with Karl Kroeber at Columbia
• American religious thought with Sacvan Bercovitch at Columbia
• Structural linguistics and anthropology with David Mayberry Lewis at Harvard
• Cognitive science with Howard Gardner at Harvard
• Psycholinguistics with Roger Brown at Harvard

Languages

• French
• German (passed graduate language exams.)
• Latin
• Anglo Saxon
• Spanish
• Dutch (reading knowledge.)
• Beginning Dakota

Committees

• Graduate Studies
• Humanities and Sciences
• Technology
• Sexual Harassment
• Faculty Development
• Liberal Arts
• Hiring
• Honors
• Grievance
• Promotion
• MLA Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Statement on Native American Languages in the schools: College and University Curriculum.
• Worship committee, Interfaith Family Project, Silver Spring, MD

Course Topics

• Literature
• Philosophy
• Aesthetics
• Anthropology
• Cultural studies (including Native American studies)

Bibliography

Published and unpublished essays, fiction, poetry, lectures, readings, and conference papers (listed by field).

Native Studies

• Now We're Going to Speak Dakota. Studies in American Indian Literature, forthcoming.
• Statement on Native American Languages in the College and University Curriculum. Debra Barker (Lakota), University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire; Roberta Hill Oneida), University of Wisconsin, Madison; John Peacock (Dakota), Maryland Institute College of Arts; Malea Powell (Miami), Michigan State University; Frederick White (Haida), Slippery Rock University; and A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff, coordinator, Prof. Emerita, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle. Modern Language Assocation. Passed by MLA executive council, May 26, 2005. http://www.mla.org/statement_on_native.
• Lamenting Tribal Language Loss at MLA. American Indian Quarterly. Forthcoming.
• "Origin Story." In Beyond the Borders: American Literature and Postcolonial Theory. Ed. Deborah Madsen. London: Pluto, 2003.
• "Unwriting Empire by Writing Oral Tradition." In (Un)Writing Empire. Ed. Theo D'haen. Cross/Cultures: Readings in the Post/Colonial Literatures in English 30. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1998. 295-308.
• "Regions of the Soul: Ethnography as Narrative." In Writing Nation and Writing Region in America. Ed. Theo D'Haen and Hans Bertens. Amsterdam: VU University Press, 1996. 189-196.
• "The Problem With Psychological Readings of Ceremony." Literature & Psychoanalysis. Proc. of 12th International Conference on Literature & Psychoanalysis. Ed. F. Pereira. Lisbon: Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 1995. 51-57.
• "Leslie Silko." Post-war Literatures in English 32 (June 1996): 1-8.
• "Principles and Effects of Puritan Appropriation of Indian Land and Labor." Ethnohistory 31 (1984): 39 44.
• Instruments of Colonialism: The Dakota-English and English-Dakota Dictionaries of 1890 and 1902. MLA Convention. December 29, 2005.
• Where Do We Go From Here? Native American Languages Session, MLA Convention. December 28, 2005.
• Techno Culture and Endangered American Indian Languages. Association of International Art Schools International Symposium. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. November 3, 2005.
• Indigenous Language as Spiritual Capital. World Indigenous People's Conference on Education, New Zealand. Scheduled 27 November 2005.
• Best Practices for Revitalizing Indigenous Languages. Proceedings 12th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium: Weaving Language and Culture Together. University of Victoria, British Columbia. June 4, 2005.
• Mixed (Up) Blood. Spirit Lake Tribal Environmental/Treaty Conference. Fort Totten, ND. 2 December 2004.
• After the Sun Dance: Comparing Native and Christian Ceremonies. Takoma Park Presbyterian Church. Takoma Park, MD. 5 September 2004.
• A Constructive Dialogue between Europeans and Native Americans. Fulbright Alumni Conference, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Budapest, Hungary, 16 August 1996.
• "The Ethics of Teaching Sacred Oral Traditions Upon Which a Pueblo Indian Novel is Based." 2nd International Conference, National Council of Teachers of English. Heidelberg University, Germany. 13 August, 1996.
• "What Readings of Native American Literature Does Indian Law NOT Make Available." MLA Convention. Chicago. 29 December 1995.
• "Writing Native American Oral Tradition." Leiden University, Netherlands. 29 April 1994.
• "Roger Williams and Claude Levi Strauss on Introducing Writing to the Indians." MLA Convention. Washington, D.C. 28 December 1984.

Creative Writing

• Poem (Grandfather Tells a Tale). In Dakota with English translation. Silver Spring Voice. March 2006, p. 47.
• Poem (Dakota Bible Study). In Dakota with English translation. In Peacock, Lamenting Tribal Language Loss at MLA. American Indian Quarterly. Forthcoming.
• Poem (How Could I Be Christian?) In Dakota with English translation. In Peacock, “Lamenting Tribal Language Loss at MLA. American Indian Quarterly. Forthcoming.
• Poem Mni Sota. In Dakota with English translation. Cloudy Waters: Writing about Minnesota Rivers. St. Paul: Minnesota History Society, 2004 n.p.
• Poem Bethesda 8 ½. 2nd Annual Bethesda 8 Trolley Poetry Benches Competition, 11 May 2004.
• Poem "Dancing Blue Crane to His Mate." Takoma Voice. July 2002, p. 39.
• Poem "Roaches." Takoma Voice. April 1999, p. 36.
• Poem "Poetry of Things." forays. Ed. Ed. Sylvia Fischbach-Braden. Baltimore: Maryland Institute College of Art, 1996. n.p.
• Poems "Hybrid," "Me and the Village," "Skipjack." forays. Ed. Sylvia Fischbach-Braden. Baltimore: Maryland Institute College of Art, 1994. 38-39.
• Poems "Last Mountain Keeper," "Hands of Henry Moore," "The Great Wallenda," "Mount Royal Station," "How the Dying Monarch Saw the Fall." forays. Ed. Sylvia Fischbach Braden. Baltimore: Maryland Institute College of Art, 1993. n.p.
• Short story "Antigua." Gulf Stream Magazine 6 (June 1992): 9 12.
• Poem "The Attention You Deserve." Fourteen By Four. Ed. Ann Fessler. Baltimore: Dolphin St. Press, 1989. 19 22.
• Poetry Reading. Takoma Park, MD municiple center. 7 April 2006.
• Poetry Reading. District of Columbia Public Library, Takoma Park Branch. 4 December 2001
• Creative Essay Reading. Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore. 9 September 2000.
• Poetry Reading. Sponsored by TrimTab University Press. Takoma Park, Maryland. 1 December 1992.
• Poetry Reading. Maryland Institute College of Art. 19 November 1991.
• Short Story Reading. Maryland Institute College of Art. 10 April 1989.
• Short Story Reading. Maryland Institute College of Art. 17 April 1988.

Composition Studies

• "Teaching Writing as a Studio Art." Proceedings of the First Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists. New York: School of Visual Arts, 1987. 41 47.
• "Writing and Speech After Derrida: Application and Criticism." Europe and Its Others. Proc. 1984 Essex Sociology of Literature Conference. Vol. II. Ed. Francis Barker, Peter Hulme, et al. Colchester: U. of Essex, 1985. 78 90.
• "From Child to Artist: A Developmental Perspective on Perceptual Patterning and Symbolism." Journal Of Mental Imagery 8 (1984): 33 42.
• "Teaching Composition." Bloomsburg University. Bloomsburg, PA. 5 March 1985.
• "A Comparison of the Use of Symbols by the Child and the Artist." Chairperson's presentation at the Symposium on the Artist and Art Therapy, 6th American Imagery Conference. San Francisco. 6 November 1982.

Religious Studies

• "Breach or Covenant?: Melville's Question About Science, Philanthropy, and Law." In Covenant in the Nineteenth Century: The Decline of An American Political Tradition. Ed. Daniel Elazar. London: Rowman & Littlefield, 1994. 197-207.
• "Covenant, Body Politic, and the Great Migration: John Winthrop's 'A Modell of Christian Charity.'" In The Covenant Connection Federal Theology And The Origins Of Modern Politics. Ed. D. Elazar. Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 1985.
• "Liberty and Discipline in Covenant Theology." The Canadian Review of American Studies 15 (Spring 1984): 1 16.
• "Commerce, Charity, and John Winthrop." Modern Language Association Convention. New York. 29 Dec. 1987.
• "The Interpreter's Dilemma in Early American Studies." University of Mississippi. Oxford. 16 May 1985.
• "The Theory and Practice of Covenant in 17th Century New England." Colonial and Federal American Literature Section. Northeast Modern Language Association Convention. Quebec. 11 April 1981.
• "The Idea of Covenant in American Puritanism." Columbia University. 19 Nov. 1980.
• "John Winthrop's 'Modell of Christian Charity.'" NEH Summer Seminar, Haverford College. Haverford, PA. 20 July 1979.

Cultural Studies

• "Mysteries and Jeremiads: Narrative Elements in The Closing of the American Mind." In Beyond Cheering and Bashing: New Perspectives on The Closing of the American Mind. Ed. James Seaton and William K. Buckley. Bowling Green: Popular Press, 1992. 111 116.
• "The Myth of Originality and Its Effect on the Liberal Education of Artists." Proc. of 4th Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists. N.Y.: School of Visual Arts, 1990. 40 48.
• "Documentary's Complicity in the Problems It Addresses." Art and Academe 2.2 (Spring 1990): 53 68.
• "Self Reliance and Corporate Identity: Emerson's Dialectic of Culture." Emerson Society Quarterly: A Journal of the American Renaissance 29 (1983): 59-72.
• Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies vs. Intercultural Critique of the Disciplines. Blurred Edges: Interdisciplinarity in Visual Arts Education. 2004-2005 Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design Academic Symposium. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. November 5, 2004.
• "The Myth of Originality, the Originality of Myth." Division on Psychology and the Arts. American Psychological Association Convention. Boston. 12 August 1990.
• "Reversing the Charges: the Postmodern Conference Call." International Association for Philosophy & Literature. University of Kansas. 1 May 1987.
• "The Transcendental Man of the House: Masculine Role Conflict in Hawthorne." MLA. N. Y. 29 December 1986.
• "Intergenerational Responsibility in Four Faulkner Novels." Conference on 20th Century Literature, University of Louisville.
22 February 1985.
• "A Post Structural Theory of the Family." Bilingual Symposium on Post Structuralism. University of Ottawa. 12 May 1984.
• "The Family in Literature: Theories and Narratives of Family Change." Center for the Humanities lecture and colloquium. Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. 30 April and 1 May 1984.
• "Southern Literary Rebirth." College English Association. Notre Dame College of Baltimore. 12 March 1983.
• Response to William H. McNeill's "Myth and History." Center for the Humanities colloquium. Wesleyan University. 24 April 1984.
• Response to Dominick LaCapra's "Some Problematic Features of the 'Culture' Concept." Center for the Humanities colloquium. Wesleyan University. 11 October 1983.
• "The Working of Minds." Faculty colloquium of College of Arts and Sciences. American University. Washington, D.C. 6 May 1983.

Film and Media Studies

• "Not All Black and White: Adapting Schindler's List." Creative Screenwriting. 4.4 (Winter 1997): 54-64.
• "Adapting The Color Purple: When Folk Goes Pop." In Take Two: Adapting the Contemporary American Novel to Film. Ed. Barbara Tepa Lupack. Bowling Green: Popular Press, 1994. 161 189.
• "Filming an African-American Novel." Fulbright Lecture. Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium, 30 March 1994; European Institute for International Communication, Maastricht, Netherlands, 14 April 1994; Centre Universitaire, Luxembourg, 26 April 1994; Center for American Studies, Royal Library, Brussels, 27 April 1994; Catholic Translator's School, Antwerp, Belgium, 4 May 1994.
• "Photographing Tenant Farmers." Fulbright Lecture. University of Alicante, Spain, 18 May 1994; Univ. Nottingham, UK, 31 May 1994.
• "Plato, Aristotle, Baudrillard: Three Theories for Understanding Television's Dissociative Effects on Viewers." Division of Media Psychology. American Psychological Convention. Washington, D.C. 17 August 1992.
• "The Film Adaptation of The Color Purple: Extra Messages About Black Women and Men." Popular Culture Association Conference. New Orleans. 23 March 1988.
• "Introducing the Films of Tennessee Williams." Smithsonian Institution Special Events Program. Washington, D.C. 4 August 1983.

Psychoanalytic Studies

• "Therapeutic Efficacy vs. Scientific Proof in Freud's Seduction and Oedipal Theories." The European Legacy 2:3 (1997): 25-36.
• Review of Changing the Rules: Psychology in the Netherlands, 1900-1985 by Trudy Dehue. The European Legacy 2:7 (1997): 1236.
• Review of Perversion and Utopia by Joel Whitebook. The European Legacy 2:6 (1997): 1054-1055.
• Review of From Freud's Consulting Room: The Unconscious in a Scientific Age, by Judith M. Hughes. The European Legacy 1: 6 (1997): 2142.
• "Connecting Freud's Scientism, Ethnology, and Self-Analysis." Literature and Psychology. Proc. of 11th International
• Conference on Literature and Psychoanalysis. Ed. Frederico Pereira. Lisbon: Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 1995.
27-37.
• "Freud's Talking Cure." Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria. 31 May 1994.
• "Psychoanalysis Science or Hermeneutic?" American Psychological Association Convention. New Orleans. 15 August 1989.
• "Freud and Criticism." Center for the Humanities lecture and colloquium. Wesleyan University. 14 and 15 November 1983.

Journalism

• A Disgrace to Spirit Lake. Washington Post, "Free for All" Section A23. 12 November 2005.
• "Protest is Patriotic." Washington Post, "Free for All" Section. 2 February 1991.