Adrienne Keene
Dr. Adrienne J. Keene | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 October 1985 |
| Nationality | Cherokee Nation, Americans |
| Occupation | Academic, activist |
| Known for | Native Appropriations blog |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Stanford University Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ed.D.) |
| Thesis | "College Pride, Native Pride, and Education for Nation Building: Portraits of Native Students Navigating Freshman Year." (2014) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Native American Studies American Studies |
| Institutions | Brown University |
| Website | nativeappropriations |
Adrienne J. Keene (born 20 October 1985) is a Native American academic, writer, and activist.[1][2] A member of the Cherokee Nation, she is the founder of Native Appropriations, a blog on contemporary Indigenous issues analyzing the way that indigenous peoples are represented in popular culture, covering issues of cultural appropriation in fashion and music and stereotyping in film and other media. She is also assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, where her research focuses on educational outcomes for Native students.
Early life and education[]
Keene is a member of the Cherokee Nation and grew up in San Diego, California.[3] She earned her B.A. from Stanford University in Cultural and Social Anthropology and Native American Studies in 2007. Keene then received a master's degree in education in 2010 followed by a doctorate Ed.D. in culture, communities and education in May 2014 from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.[4] Her dissertation was titled "College Pride, Native Pride, and Education for Nation Building: Portraits of Native Students Navigating Freshman Year."[5]
Activism[]
Keene's blog Native Appropriations is a webpage and forum for Native peoples, including discussions of cultural appropriation and media representations and updates on indigenous activism.[6] The site and Keene's writing there, as well as across other social media sites and speaking engagements, have drawn notice for commentary on topics including Native American mascots,[7][8][9] Dakota Access Pipline protests,[10][11] college access for native students,[12] and cultural appropriation in children's literature,[13] tourism,[14][15] clothing[16][17][18] and costumes.[19][20]
Supporting Native college students has also been part of Keene's activism,[3] working with an organization called College Horizons, a series of workshops aimed at supporting Native students in the different stages of the college process, from admissions to college life.[21] This work formed part of her dissertation.[3]
Starting in 2019, along with Matika Wilbur (Swinomish/Tulalip), Keene co-hosts a podcast called "All My Relations," which investigates and delves into contemporary Native identity.[22]
Academic scholarship[]
In 2014, Keene became a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in Brown University's Department of Anthropology and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.[23] She is now Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown. Her research focuses on access to higher education for Native students in America, as well as Native representation in media and culture.[24] She continues this project with research on the use of media and emerging technology platforms by Native people to combat these images.[3]
She is affiliated with the American Studies Association, the , the American Educational Research Association, the Eastern Sociological Society, and the National Indian Education Association.[25]
Publications[]
- "College Pride, Native Pride: A Portrait of a Culturally Grounded Precollege Access Program for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students." Harvard Educational Review, 2016.
- "Representations matter: Supporting Native students in college environments". Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 2015.
References[]
- ^ Keene, Adrienne [@NativeApprops] (20 October 2016). "Today is my birthday! If you'd like to support the work I do, I have two causes I'd love to signal boost today:" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Keene, Adrienne [@NativeApprops] (12 April 2018). "On my 18th birthday in 2003 I went to get my navel pierced as my first act of rebellion. Today, 14 years later, I finally took it out forever. My loving partner played Genie in a Bottle in solemn commemoration.