Gwen Westerman
Gwen Westerman is a Dakota educator, writer and artist. She is the Director of the Native American Literature Symposium.Life and career
Westerman is an enrolled member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate and speaker of the Dakota language. She is Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Program at Minnesota State University, Mankato.Education
Westerman received a BA and MA in English from Oklahoma State University. She received a PhD in English from the University of Kansas.Awards
- 1999 - Native American Inroads. The Loft, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mentor: Diane Glancy.
- 1999 - Native American Inroads. The Loft, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mentor: Susan Power.
- 2004 - Fellowship. The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History. American Indian Programs. Research project: Traditional Dakota beadwork, under the direction of JoAllyn Archambault, PhD.
- 2012 - Douglas R. Moore Research Award Fellow. Minnesota State University, Mankato.
- 2012 - Presidential Teaching Scholar. Minnesota State, Mankato.
- 2013 - Minnesota Book Award—Minnesota Category.
- 2013 - Leadership in History Award. American Association for State and Local History.
- 2014 - Hognander Minnesota History Award
- 2014 - Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
- 2015 - Native American Artist in Residence at the Minnesota Historical Society
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