Writing Beyond the Academy

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Speaker: 
Kevin Noble Maillard, Author and Professor of Law, Syracuse University
Event Date: 
April 3, 2024
Event Time: 
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
U-M Museum of Art Helmut Stern Auditorium, 525 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Event Tags: 
books
research
writing
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How can scholars broaden the reach of their research beyond the academy? Professor Kevin Maillard (Syracuse University) will discuss engaging public audiences through journalism and children’s literature as a culture and food reporter for the New York Times and as an children's book author for the award-winning, Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story.

Speaker Bio:

Kevin Maillard is a Professor of Law at Syracuse University, a contributor to the New York Times, and an author of children’s literature. He has written for The Atlantic and has provided on-air commentary to ABC News and MSNBC. He is the debut author of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, a picture book illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, which won the Sibert Medal and the American Indian Youth Literature Honor. An enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, he is based in Manhattan, NY.

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Cosponsors: The Office of Public Engagement & Research Impacts (PE+RI), The Edward Ginsberg Center, and Native American Studies