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Dwanna Robertson

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Dwanna’s research interests include the reproduction of social inequality through race, ethnicity, and gender processes, particularly as related to indigenous peoples of the geographical U.S. Her work focuses on indigenous identities and epistemologies, gendered race processes in work and occupations, and a sociohistorical lens of race, ethnicity, and national identity within the social institutions of crime, health, and education. Her most recent research, “Capitalists or Survivalists: Interpreting American Indian Women’s Self-Employment,” examines the economic violence experienced by native women and other women of color as it challenges the normative political discourse of entrepreneurship as an economic strategy for marginalized groups. Previous publications include “Invisibility in the Color-Blind Era: Examining Legitimized Racism Against Indigenous Peoples” and “A Necessary Evil: Framing an American Indian Legal Identity.” Dwanna has published in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, American Indian Quarterly, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, and European Sociological Review, and numerous other academic venues. She is also active in public scholarship as a regular columnist for Indian Country Today, and has been featured on radio shows like “Calling Native America” and Minnesota Public Radio.

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