Jodi Byrd
Associate Professor, Literatures in English
Academic focus:
Indigenous studies, Indigenous feminist and queer studies, video game studies
Current research project:
“Indigenomicon: American Indians, Videogames, and the Structures of Genre”
Previous positions:
- Associate Professor, English and Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015–2021
- Acting Director, American Indian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013–2014
- Associate Professor, American Indian Studies and English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012–2015
- Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies and English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006–2012
- Assistant Professor, Political science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2004–2006
Academic background:
- B.A., English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1993
- M.A., English, University of Iowa, 1996
- Ph.D., English, University of Iowa, 2002
Last book read:
“Sorrowland” by Rivers Solomon
In your own time/when not working:
Video gaming on my PS5 and Switch, and going for walks and hikes
Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching:
Indigenous Feminisms this fall and Lovecraft Country in Spring 2022
What most excites you about Cornell:
The community and the possibility to help participate in and build on-going conversations with students and faculty about Indigeneity, race, gender, and sexuality
Twitter handle/blog url:
@arsavium
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