Elizabeth Castle
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Elizabeth Castle
Assistant Professor
Native Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
UE East Hall 310
Phone: 605-677-7252
Email: Elizabeth.Castle@usd.edu
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Teaching Interests:
Comparative U.S. Women's History,
Indigenous Women of the World,
Multi Racial American History,
Native History,
Social protest movements and ideology,
African American history and culture,
Oral history theory and methodology
Research Interests:
Contemporary Native American Issues,
Oral History,
Native American Women
Education:
- Ph D, History, University of Cambridge, 2000
- M.Phil., History, University of Cambridge, 1997
- BA, Race, Gender and Electronic Media (Self-Designed Major), The George Washington University, 1995
Grants:
- Center for Teaching & Learning Grant, The University of South Dakota , (2010)
Publications:
- Castle, E., "Black and Red Connection" , American Indian Quarterly , vol. TBD.
- Castle, E., (2012), Women were the Backbone and Men were the Jawbone: Native Women's Activism in the Red Power Movement, Oxford University Press.
- Castle, E., (2010), The Original Gangster: The Life and Times of Red Power Activist Madonna Thunder Hawk, Rutgers University Press.
- Castle, E., (2009), Black and Native American Women's Activism in the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement , Albatross Press.
- Castle, E., (2003), Keeping One Foot in the Community: Intergenerational Indigenous Women's Activism from the Local to the Global (And Back Again), American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, iss. 3 & 4.
- Castle, E., (1999), Pathways to One America in the 21st Century, Promising Practices for Racial Reconciliation, President's Initiative on Race, Government Printing Office.
Awards and Honors:
- USD College Travel Grant, USD
- Diversity Development Fund, ITVS, 2012
- USD Faculty Travel Grant, USD College of Arts & Sciences, 2011
- Community Grant, Seventh Generation Fund, 2011
- Center for Teaching & Learning Grant, University of South Dakota, $2000, 2010
- Faculty Research and Travel Grant, University of South Dakota, $990, 2010
- Production Grant, Native American Public Telecommunications , 2010
- University Travel Grant, The University of South Dakota , 2007
- Catalyst Research Grant, $4000, The University of South Dakota, 2007
- Resident Scholar, Mesa Writing Refuge , 2006
- Alternate , Fulbright Research Grant, New Zealand , 2005
- The Albert J. Beveridge Grant, American Historical Association , 2003
- Lerner-Scott Prize, Organization of American Historians' , 2002
- Summer Writing Grant, American Association of University Women, 2002
- Prince Consort & Thirwall Fund Grant, University of Cambridge, history faculty, 2000
- Sara Norton Research Grant , University of Cambridge, history faculty , 2000
- British Federation of Women Graduates Dissertation Grant, British Federation of Women Graduates, 1999
- Research Grant, Jesus College, Cambridge University, 1997
- Student Travel Grant, Jesus College, Cambridge University, 1997
- Ambassadorial Fellowship: Costa Rica, Rotary Foundation, 1996
- Bender Fellowship, The George Washington University , 1995
- The George Washington University Honors Program Scholarship, The George Washington University, 1991
Presentations:
- Castle, E. (2012, November). “Re-thinking Red, Yellow, Black and Chicana/o Power through Oral History,” . Presented at the American Studies Association Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 15-18, 2012..
- Castle, E. (2012, September). "Braids, Shades, and Dreamcatchers on the Rearview Mirror: The Politics of being Native in South Dakota". Presented at the International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Studies Conference: A Cross Disciplinary Exploration , Indiana State University.
- Castle, E. (2011, October). Commentator . Presented at the Memories of Conflict and Disaster: Oral History and the Politics of Truth, Trauma, and Reconciliation", Denver, Colorado .
- Castle, E. (2011, October). "Modern Histories of Ancient Places" Annual Conference .
- Castle, E. (2011, October). "Modern Histories of Ancient Places" Annual Conference .
