Research
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Selected Publications
Books
- , edited by Warren Cariou, Deanna Reder, Lorena Fontaine, and Jordan Abel. Brush Education, 2025.
- . By Deanna Reder. Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2022.
- by Michael Nest, Deanna Reder, Eric Ball. U of Regina P, 2020.
- Eds. Michelle Coupal, Deanna Reder, Joanne Arnott, and Emalene Manuel. U of Manitoba P, 2019.
- Eds. Sophie McCall, Deanna Reder, David Gaertner and Gabrielle Hill. Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2017.
- Eds. Deanna Reder and Linda M. Morra. Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2016.
- Eds. Deanna Reder and Linda M. Morra. Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2010.
Journals
- Co-edited, with Michelle Coupal, as guest editors, a Special Double Issue on “How We Teach Indigenous Literatures� in Studies in American Indian Literature 34 (1-2): Spring-Summer 2022.
- Co-edited, with Sophie McCall, the fiftieth anniversary special issue: Indigenous and Postcolonial Studies. Ariel: a Review of International English Studies 51 (2-3): June 2020
Book Chapters
- “First Peoples, Indigeneity and Teaching Indigenous Writing in Canada� with Margery Fee. Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum, edited by Ato Quayson and Ankhi Mukherjee. Cambridge University Press Syndicate, 2023. 60-79.
- “The People and the Text: An Inclusive Collection� Collections Thinking: Ontologies, Agents, Communities with Margery Fee. Edited by Jason Camlot, Martha Langford, and Linda M. Morra. Routledge, 2023. 292-305. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003282303
- “Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology as Tools for Reconciliation in Investigations into Unmarked Graves at Indian Residential Schools� with Katherine L. Nichols (first author), Eldon Yellowhorn, Deanna Reder, Emily Holland, Dongya Yang, John Albanese, Darian Kennedy, Elton Taylor, and Hugo F.V. Cardoso. Royally Wronged: The Royal Society of Canada and Indigenous Peoples. Eds. Constance Backhouse, Cynthia E. Milton, Margaret Kovach, and Adele Perry. McGill-Queens UP, 2021. 203-229.
- “F´Ç°ù±ð·É´Ç°ù»åâ€�. Unsettling Spirit: A Journey into Decolonization by Denise M. Nadeau. McGill-Queens UP, 2020. xi-xiv.
- “Indigenous Autobiography in Canada: Recovering Intellectual Traditions.� The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature. Ed. Cynthia Sugars. Oxford UP, 2016. 170-190.
Articles
- “A Call to Teach Indigenous Literatures� co-authored with co-editor Michelle Coupal. Studies in American Indian Literature 34:1-2 (Spring-Summer 2022): ix-xxi
- “Using Indigenous-Informed Close-Reading to Unlearn: Teaching Indigenous Perspectives of History in Literature.� Studies in American Indian Literature 34:1-2 (Spring-Summer 2022): 59-74, 245-250
- “Indigenous and Postcolonial Studies: Tensions and Interrelationships, Creative and Critical Interventions� with Sophie McCall. Ariel: a Review of International English Studies 51.2-3 (April-July 2020): 1-25
- “Conversations at the Crossroads: Indigenous and Black Writers Talk� Edited by Sophie McCall, with David Chariandy, Karrmen Crey, Aisha Sasha John, Cecily Nicholson, Samantha Nock, Juliane Okot Bitek, Madeleine Reddon, Ariel: a Review of International English Studies 51.2-3 (April-July 2020): 57-82
- with Alix Shield. Canadian Literature 237: 13-25, 184.
- "Native American Autobiography: Connecting Separate Critical Conversations," Lifewriting Annual 4 (December 2015): 35-63
Selected Talks:
Keynotes
- June 2, 2025 Indigenous Intellectual Traditions: Decolonizing Knowledge and Methods through Collaborative Thought and Action. Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) and Indigenous Literary Studies Association (ILSA), Toronto, Ontario.
- June 18, 2022 - "âcimisowina: Stories that Remember the Missing and Much-Missed." Indigenous Literary Studies Association, Gabriel Dumont Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
- June 6, 2022 - "The People and the Text, Neglected Indigenous Works, and Making Relationship with Research." Digital Humanities Institute, virtual
- Oct 29, 2020 - , University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- May 30, 2019 - “The Legacy of the Indigenous Literary Archive�, Canadian Writing Centres Association, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver
- March 12, 2019 - “Sorting Libraries Out: Decolonizing Classification and Indigenizing Description� with Métis Research Partner Treena Chambers, SFU, Vancouver
- Feb. 15, 2019 - “Reading the Indigenous Archive� for Developing Minds Through Reading and Writing: Practical Strategies for Critical Thinking in the Curriculum�, SFU, Vancouver.
Invited Presentations
- March 31, 2025 “From Teaching Indigenous Literatures to Indigenizing the Curriculum—Strategies We Have Used�, with Sophie McCall, a webcast for ILSA.
- March 20, 2021 “Indigenous Perspectives of History: Story as Repository� Vancouver Institute Public Lecture.
- Nov 20, 2020 - “Pandemics in the So-Called New Worldâ€� Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµDepartment of Humanities, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies and Institute for Humanities (remote presentation)
- Nov 15, 2020 - —a discussion about the recent American Quarterly Review Journal Publication and Indigenous writing (remote presentation)
- Feb 6, 2020 - “The Obligation of Stories: Missing Jim Brady and Abbie Halkettâ€� Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµPresident’s Faculty Lecture, Vancouver, BC
- March 2, 2019 - “Redefining the Indigenous Archive: the Bottom of a Lake as Text,� Critical Nationalisms and Co-publics, Vancouver, BC
- Oct. 17, 2018 - “Literary Research Guided by Indigenous Protocols,� presentation on The People and the Text with Margery Fee, Treena Chambers, and Alix Shield. Canadian Research Knowledge Network, Vancouver, BC
- May 28, 2018 - On SSHRC project The People and the Text; invited by the Association of College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) and co-hosted by the Indigenous Literary Studies Association (ILSA); Regina, Saskatchewan