Robert Warrior, Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Kansas, will join Harvard Divinity School for the fall 2024 semester as Visiting Professor of Native American Culture and Traditions.
A Native American scholar and member/citizen of the Osage Nation, Warrior will teach two courses during the fall 2024 semester while at HDS.
"I am delighted to welcome Robert Warrior to the HDS community,” said HDS Dean Marla F. Frederick. “His expertise in Native American and Indigenous studies promises to enrich our scholarly endeavors and ignite meaningful dialogues. Dr. Warrior's presence will undoubtedly inspire our students and faculty alike. We look forward to the invaluable contributions and transformative insights that he will bring to our community during his tenure as a visiting professor."
Warrior earned his PhD in systemic theology from Union Theological Seminary. In 2018, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is past president of the American Studies Association and was the founding president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (2009-10).
He is the author of Tribal Secrets: Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions (University of Minnesota Press, 1995) and The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction (University of Minnesota Press, 2006), and coauthor of Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee (New Press, 1996), American Indian Literary Nationalism (University of New Mexico Press, 2008), and Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collective (University of Oklahoma Press, 2009).
“I am excited to be at HDS this coming fall semester and look forward to joining students, staff, and faculty colleagues there,” said Warrior. “I can’t imagine a better place to reflect on the role of theology and religion in contemporary Indigenous life. Planning the courses I will be teaching has been a challenging but rewarding process, and I appreciate the opportunity to offer them to students at the Divinity School and beyond.”
Before moving to the University of Kansas, Warrior taught at Stanford University, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Illinois. He was the founding co-editor of Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAISA’s journal) and edits the Indigenous Americas series at the University of Minnesota Press.