Assistant Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies at American University
About
Dr. Elizabeth Rule (Chickasaw Nation) is assistant professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies at American University. Rule’s research on Indigenous issues has been featured in the Washington Post, Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien, The Atlantic, Newsy, and NPR. She is also a published author, releasing articles in American Quarterly and the American Indian Culture and Research Journal. Rule has two forthcoming monographs.
Current Work:
Elizabeth Rule, PhD is the creator of the “Guide to Indigenous DC” mobile app, and her forthcoming monograph, Indigenous DC: Native Peoples and the Nation’s Capital examines the historical and contemporary contributions of Indigenous Americans to the District of Columbia. Her second book project, Reproducing Resistance: Gendered Violence and Indigenous Nationhood, analyzes the intersection of violence against Native women, reproductive justice, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Indigenous; Native Americans; gender; legal history; public humanities