Lisa Brooks

Lisa Brooks (Abenaki) is Assistant Professor of History and Literature and of Folklore and Mythology. She received her Ph.D. in English, with a minor in American Indian Studies, from Cornell University in 2004, where she was honored with the Guilford Dissertation Prize for Highest Excellence in English Prose. At Harvard, she teaches courses in Native American literature, with an emphasis on historical, political, and geographic contexts. Her book, The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast (University of Minnesota Press 2008), focuses on the role of writing as a tool of social reconstruction and land reclamation in the Native networks of the northeast. She also co-authored the collaborative volume, Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collective (2008), and wrote the Afterword for American Indian Literary Nationalism (2006). She serves on the Editorial Board of Studies in American Indian Literatures, the Council of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, and on the Advisory Board of Gedakina, a non-profit organization focused on indigenous cultural revitalization, educational outreach, and community wellness in northern New England.

Contact information:
- Lisa Brooks, Committee on Degrees in History & Literature
- Committee on Degrees in Folklore & Mythology