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Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner

Education:

B.A., Philosophy, English, and Linguistics, New Mexico State University; Ph.D., Philosophy and American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Michigan State University

Dissertation:

TÉELAMAL//Every Word in Our Language is a Little Prayer: Weaving Together Indigenous Philosophies of Language

Thesis Advisor:

Kyle Powys Whyte, Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University

Research Topic:

Rematriating Indigenous Languages: Co-Theorizing Indigenous Archival Sovereignty

Mentor:

K. Wayne Yang, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University

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