About Me
Born in the Land of Oz, Dr. King resided in Alaska and Portland before settling in Kansas City for his wonder years. Attending the University of Kansas, he earned a B.A. and an M.A. in cultural anthropology, but more importantly drank schnapps with Fishbone, celebrated a national championship in basketball, became obsessed with the writings of Foucault, flirted with undertaking fieldwork in Polynesia, and fell in love with a rare jewel, who continues to dazzle him with her wit and beauty.
In 1992, he stepped off the yellow brick road, venturing to the University of Illinois. There, his engagements with Chief Illiniwek and cultural studies prompted him to devote his energies to critical race studies, indigenous issues, and social justice. He came to WSU after teaching at Drake University in Des Moines for six years.
Dr. King has written extensively on the changing contours of race in post–Civil Rights America, the colonial legacies and postcolonial predicaments of American culture, and struggles over Indianness in public culture. His work has appeared a variety of journals, such as American Indian Culture and Research Journal, American Indian Quarterly, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Public Historian, and Qualitative Inquiry. He is the author/editor of several books, including Team Spirits: The Native American Mascot Controversy (a CHOICE 2001 Outstanding Academic Title), Postcolonial America, Animating Difference: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Films for Children, Beyond Hate: White Power and Popular Culture, and most recently Redskins: Insult and Brand. He is completing a monograph on playing Indian today, particularly how indigenous people negotiate dominant misconceptions of them in contexts ranging from professional wrestling to performance art.
In 1992, he stepped off the yellow brick road, venturing to the University of Illinois. There, his engagements with Chief Illiniwek and cultural studies prompted him to devote his energies to critical race studies, indigenous issues, and social justice. He came to WSU after teaching at Drake University in Des Moines for six years.
Dr. King has written extensively on the changing contours of race in post–Civil Rights America, the colonial legacies and postcolonial predicaments of American culture, and struggles over Indianness in public culture. His work has appeared a variety of journals, such as American Indian Culture and Research Journal, American Indian Quarterly, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Public Historian, and Qualitative Inquiry. He is the author/editor of several books, including Team Spirits: The Native American Mascot Controversy (a CHOICE 2001 Outstanding Academic Title), Postcolonial America, Animating Difference: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Films for Children, Beyond Hate: White Power and Popular Culture, and most recently Redskins: Insult and Brand. He is completing a monograph on playing Indian today, particularly how indigenous people negotiate dominant misconceptions of them in contexts ranging from professional wrestling to performance art.
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