Thomas Gannon

Thomas Gannon (tgannon2@unl.edu)
Tom received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa in 2003, and joined the faculties of English and the Ethnic Studies Institute (Native American Studies) the same year. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River tribe (Mniconjou Lakota). His main areas of academic interest are Native American literatures (particular those of Great Plains tribes), British Romanticism, ecology & animal rights vis-a-vis literature, and critical theory. His recent publications center on the relationship of "birds and Ind'ins " in 19th- and 20th-century colonial discourse. Courses taught include Native American Literature (both 200 and 400/800 levels) and Literary/Critical Theory (both 200 and 400/800 levels).

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