Beth Leonard awarded Fulbright Fellowship
January 9, 2014
Beth Leonard is Deg Hit’an Athabascan and member of the Shageluk Tribe of interior
Alaska. During Leonard’s fellowship at Victoria University of Wellington from February-June
2014, she will co-instruct Indigenous Knowledge and Science with her faculty host, Ocean Mercier; this videoconference course will
include students from VUW and UAF.
Leonard will conduct collaborative, participatory research on the development and
enhancement of Māori and Indigenous spaces at VUW, with
the vision of strengthening Indigenous programming at UAF. She will also explore possibilities
for future cross-institutional teaching and research collaborations between UAF and
VUW.