Scott Lyons

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., English, Miami University, 2000

Office: 409 Hall of Languages, 315-443-9473
Email: srlyons@syr.edu

Interests: Native American literature and indigenous studies, globalism and ethnic cultures, rhetoric and critical theory, public intellectuals, the essay

Selected Publications
Professional and Community Service
Selected Honors and Awards

Selected Publications

X-Marks: Contested Concepts in Indigenous Discourse (manuscript under review)

“Indians Constructed and Speaking.” The Blackwell Companion to American Literature . Ed. Paul Lauter. London and New York : Blackwell, forthcoming 2008.

“In Vine Veritas.” Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing II . Ed. Eric Gansworth. New York : Nation Books, forthcoming 2007.

“The Prophet Ward.” Journal of Contemporary Thought 24 (Winter 2006): 71-85.

“The Left Side of the Circle: American Indians and Progressive Politics.” Radical Relevance: Essays Toward a Scholarship of the Whole Left . Eds. Steven Rosendale and Laura Gray Rosendale. Albany , NY : SUNY Press, 2005. 69-84.

“Rhetorical Sovereignty: What Do American Indians Want from Writing?” College Composition and Communication 51.1 (2000): 447-68.

Regular newspaper columnist for Indian Country Today .

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Professional and Community Service

Editorial Board, Journal of Ethnic Studies

Editorial Board, College Composition and Communication  

Board of Trustees, Ganondagan State Historical Site, Victor , New York .

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Selected Honors and Awards

Best Writer (Journalism), Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, 2005.

Feinstone Grant for Multicultural Initiatives, Syracuse University, 2004-2005.

Vision Fund Diversity Grant, Syracuse University, 2003-2004.

Rockefeller Foundation Long-Term Fellowship, Newberry Library, Chicago , 2002.

U.S. Department of Education (OERI) American Indian and Alaska Native Education Research Grant, Ojibwe Language Revitalization at Leech Lake Reservation, 2001.

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