My project explores opportunities to mitigate cultural harm to Indigenous Australian students and faculty through development of a curriculum for U.S. students who will study abroad in Australia, preparing them to engage with Indigenous communities, histories, and knowledge openly and humbly with Country as teacher.
Amelia is Professor of English and Critical Ethnic Studies at Kalamazoo College. She earned degrees (PhD, MA) in American Literature from Tufts University and an MA in American Indian Studies from UCLA. Her research focuses on how Indigenous literatures narrate Indigenous educational philosophies, legal claims to land, persistence of traditional foodways, and land-based knowledge.
Amelia’s Fulbright project explores opportunities to mitigate cultural harm to Indigenous Australian students and faculty through development of a curriculum for U.S. students who will study abroad in Australia, preparing them to engage with Indigenous communities, histories, and knowledge openly and humbly with Country as teacher.