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Mr. Timothy Petete has
several accomplishments in research and teaching. With a Bachelor’s
degree from the University of Oklahoma in Native American Studies, and
a Master’s degree from UCLA in American Indian Studies, his primary
areas of research are tribally centered literature and drama. He is
particularly interested in the works of members of the Seminole and
Mvskoke nations. Mr. Petete’s dissertation will focus on the history of
the Five Civilized Tribes Playwriting Contest, considering the artistic
and cultural effects of its 30-year legacy on Seminole, Mvskoke,
Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee writers. Mr. Petete interviewed
Mvskoke author Thomas E. Moore, producing material that has been
incorporated into an essay he co-authored with University of Oklahoma
Professor Craig Womack. That piece, “Thomas E. Moore’s Sour Sofke in
the Tradition of Muskogee Dialect Writers” is forthcoming in “The
Legacy and Influence of Fus Fixico,” edited by Suzan Shown Harjo.
Other areas of Mr.
Petete’s research include Mvskoke literature and Native American film.
He is compiling a current bibliography on Mvskoke literature, which
consists of two sections: works written by members of the Mvskoke
Literary Confederacy and works about the Mvskoke Confederacy. In
addition to teaching Composition I (ENGL 1113) and Composition II (ENGL
1213), Mr. Petete has taught Native American Film (NAS 3333), an
examination of early and contemporary representations of Native
Americans in literature, drama, film, and television.
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