Adrienne Keene Explained

Honorific Prefix:Dr.
Adrienne J. Keene
Birth Date:20 October 1985
Nationality:Cherokee Nation, Americans
Occupation:Academic, activist
Known For:Native Appropriations blog
Education:Stanford University
Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ed.D.)
Thesis Title:"College Pride, Native Pride, and Education for Nation Building: Portraits of Native Students Navigating Freshman Year."
Thesis Year:2014
Doctoral Advisor:Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot
Discipline:Native American Studies
American Studies
Workplaces:Brown University

Adrienne J. Keene (born 20 October 1985) is a Native American academic, writer, and activist.[1] [2] A member of the Cherokee Nation, she is the founder of Native Appropriations, a blog on contemporary Indigenous issues analyzing the way that Indigenous peoples are represented in popular culture, covering issues of cultural appropriation in fashion and music and stereotyping in film and other media. She was also an assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, where her research focused on educational outcomes for Native students.

Early life and education

Keene is a member of the Cherokee Nation and grew up in San Diego, California.[3] She earned her B.A. from Stanford University in Cultural and Social Anthropology and Native American Studies in 2007. Keene then received a master's degree in education in 2010 followed by a doctorate Ed.D. in culture, communities and education in May 2014 from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.[4] Her dissertation was titled "College Pride, Native Pride, and Education for Nation Building: Portraits of Native Students Navigating Freshman Year."[5]

Activism

Keene's blog Native Appropriations is a webpage and forum for Native peoples, including discussions of cultural appropriation, media representations and updates on Indigenous activism.[6] The site and Keene's writing there, as well as across other social media sites and speaking engagements, have drawn notice for commentary on topics including Native American mascots,[7] [8] [9] Dakota Access Pipeline protests,[10] [11] college access for Native students,[12] cultural appropriation in children's literature,[13] tourism in Indigenous communities,[14] [15] fashion[16] [17] [18] and racist costumes.[19] [20]

Supporting Native college students has also been part of Keene's work. She belongs to College Horizons, an organization that has sponsored a series of workshops that support Native students through the different stages of the college process, from admissions to navigating college life.[21] This work formed part of her dissertation.

Starting in 2019, along with Matika Wilbur (Swinomish/Tulalip), Keene co-hosts a podcast called "All My Relations," which investigates and delves into contemporary Native identity.[22]

Academic career

In 2014, Keene became a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in Brown University's Department of Anthropology and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.[23] In 2016, she was appointed Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown. She resigned from this position in 2024.[24] She cited isolation and its impact on her health as the main reason, writing on her blog that she was "exhausted and lonely."

Her research focuses on access to higher education for Native students in America, as well as Native representation in media and culture.[25] She continues this project with research on the use of media and emerging technology platforms by Native people to combat these images. Her academic book, College Pride, Native Pride, about the College Horizons program is forthcoming.[26]

She was affiliated with the American Studies Association, the Native American Indigenous Studies Association, the American Educational Research Association, the Eastern Sociological Society, and the National Indian Education Association.[27]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Keene . Adrienne . Adrienne Keene . NativeApprops . 789141231980904448 . 20 October 2016 . Today is my birthday! If you'd like to support the work I do, I have two causes I'd love to signal boost today . en . 4 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190927064107/https://twitter.com/nativeapprops/status/789141231980904448 . 27 September 2019 . live.
  2. Keene . Adrienne . Adrienne Keene . NativeApprops . 984471866168545280 . 12 April 2018 . On my 18th birthday in 2003 I went to get my navel pierced as my first act of rebellion. Today, 14 years later, I finally took it out forever. My loving partner played Genie in a Bottle in solemn commemoration. #GoodbyeEarlyAughts https://t.co/GcKSV0lOZI . en . 4 September 2021.
  3. News: Summers. Juana. Q&A: How Is The Native College Experience Different?. NPR Ed. 27 July 2014 . 23 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Anderson. Jill. Getting to Know Ed.D Marshal Adrienne Keene. Harvard Graduate School of Education. 23 March 2017.
  5. News: Leddy. Chuck. A capstone to learning. Harvard Gazette. 23 March 2017.
  6. News: Why This Girl's Apology After Being Called Out For Cultural Appropriation Is Going Viral. Rutherford-Morrison. Lara. Bustle. 2017-07-12. en.
  7. News: A Firsthand Account of Reed College's 2014 Vine Deloria, Jr. Lecture Series on Native American Mascots. May 3, 2014. Native News Online. Roy. Anthony. 23 March 2017. 24 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170324085330/http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/firsthand-account-reed-colleges-2014-vine-deloria-jr-lecture-series-native-american-mascots/. dead.
  8. News: Rao. Anita. Native Appropriations And New Media. WUNC. 23 March 2017.
  9. News: Supreme Court First Amendment case could affect local and national team name debates. Scovel. Shannon. June 27, 2017. Yahoo Sports. 2017-07-18. en-US.
  10. Web site: 11 Things To Know About Native Resistance To #DAPL. Buzzfeed News. 24 November 2016 .
  11. Web site: Mei. Gina. 10 Ways to Help #NoDAPL if You Can't Get to North Dakota. Cosmopolitan. 28 November 2016. 23 March 2017.
  12. News: Q&A: How Is The Native College Experience Different?. NPR Ed. Summers. Juana. 27 July 2014 . 23 March 2017.
  13. News: What J.K. Rowling's New Story Can Teach Us About Cultural Appropriation. Fallon. Claire. 2016-03-18. Huffington Post. 2017-07-18. en-US.
  14. News: Airbnb tells users to go "off the grid ... Sioux style" in California, which is not Sioux land. Rice. Zak Cheney. May 30, 2017. Mic. 2017-07-18. en.
  15. News: Airbnb Apologizes For Teepee Ad That Native Americans Said Was Racist. Subbaraman. Nidhi. May 30, 2017. BuzzFeed. 2017-07-18. en.
  16. News: Dear White Women, We Need to Talk About Coachella. Andrews. Jessica. Teen Vogue. 2017-07-18. en.
  17. News: This Coachella Attendee Was Called Out for Cultural Appropriation, and Her Response Is Going Viral. Hardy. Alyssa. Teen Vogue. 2017-07-18. en.
  18. News: How wearing a headdress to Coachella ignited a debate about the line between shaming and educating. CBC Radio. 2017-07-18. en.
  19. News: Native Appropriations Reminds You: Don't Dress up Like an Indian on Halloween. Bogado. Aura. 2014-10-24. ColorLines. 2017-07-18. en.
  20. Web site: Horrifying racists mock Native American protesters with #NoDAPL Halloween costumes. Burris. Sarah K.. October 31, 2016. Raw Story. en-US. 2017-07-18.
  21. Web site: About Our Organization. College Horizons.
  22. Web site: All My Relations WHAT WE DO. All My Relations. en. 2019-10-23.
  23. News: Introducing... Adrienne Keene, CSREA and Anthropology Postdoctoral Fellow. Rose. Tricia. Brown University. 23 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170323023007/https://www.brown.edu/academics/race-ethnicity/news/2014-10/introducing-adrienne-keene-csrea-and-anthropology-postdoctoral-fellow. 23 March 2017. dead.
  24. Web site: 2024-01-16 . The Next Chapter . 2024-08-20 . Native Appropriations . en-US.
  25. Web site: Adrienne J. Keene Assistant Professor of American Studies. Brown University. 23 March 2017.
  26. Web site: College Pride, Native Pride . 2024-08-20 . Adrienne Keene . en-US.
  27. Web site: Adrienne Keene- CV. Brown University.

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