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PATRICK LeBEAU
Associate Professor
Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
517/432-4027 (office); 517/353-5250 (fax)
courses: WRA 125 Writing: American Ethnic & Racial Experience; Native American Studies; Native American literature; images
of Native Americans in Hollywood films; race, ethnicity, & gender
in Hollywood films; Native American history; Native American
contemporary issues; and Native American philosophy
LeBeau received his PhD in American Studies from the University of Michigan and is the Director of the American Indian Studies Program at Michigan State University. He teaches Tier 1 writing and Native American Studies courses, including Writing: American Ethnic and Racial Experience; Native American Studies; Native American literature; images of Native Americans in Hollywood films; race, ethnicity, and gender in Hollywood films; Native American history; Native American contemporary issues; and Native American philosophy.
LeBeau has published several articles and made many presentations on general topics of Native American history and culture, most recently a chapter in a book on Indian mascots entitled, "The Fighting Braves of Michigamua: Adopting the Visage of American Indian Warriors in the Halls of Academia." In 1999, his first book of poetry, Stands Alone, Faces and Other Poems, was published (Michigan State University Press). He is currently working on a book length curriculum unit tentatively titled Michigan Indians Yesterday and Today: A Teacher’s Guide and Resource. LeBeau is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation of South Dakota, his father’s home. His mother is from Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, North Dakota.
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