Shanae Aurora Martinez, PhD

Assistant Professor

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Intertidal Faculty Advisor

Office: 47-35L
E-mail: smart200@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-7187

 

Education

Degree	Major Emphasis	Institution	Year
Ph.D.	English	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	2019
M.A.	English	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	2012
B.A.	English	University of California at Davis	2008

Bio

Dr. Martinez specializes in Indigenous Literatures. She has served as an editor and labor organizer, and her critical work can be found in Studies in American Indian Literatures, The Georgia Review, and the Cream City Review. 

Teaching and Research Interests

Indigenous American Literatures
Indigenizing Knowledge Production
Decolonial Praxis & Critical Pedagogy
Trans-Indigenous & Transnational Resistance
Feminist Alliances 
Travel & Tourism

Courses Taught

346: Ethnic American Literature-California Storytellers
381: Diversity in 20th and 21st Century American Literature-Decolonial Worldmaking
276: Introduction to American Indian Literature-History, Literature, & Sovereignty of Wisconsin Tribes; Transnational and Inter-Tribal Perspectives
215: Introduction to English Studies

Professional Memberships

Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA)
National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)
Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL)
Milwaukee Native American Literary Cooperative (MNALC)
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)