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Associate Professor

• Affiliation(s)

  • Faculty: Department of American Culture (AC), Native American Studies (NAS)
  • Faculty: Department of English Language and Literature

• Fields of Study

  • Native American literature and culture, colonial discourse and representation, animal studies and posthumanism, literature of "discovery," encounter, and conquest

• About

  Professor Lyons (Leech Lake Ojibwe) arrived at the University of Michigan in 2011 after teaching English for several years at Syracuse University and Leech Lake Tribal College. He holds a joint appointment in American Culture and English Language and Literature. He is the author of X-Marks: Native Signatures of Assent (University of Minnesota Press, 2010) and numerous articles on Native American studies. 

• Education

  • Ph.D., Miami University, 2000