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Mr. Sexton earned his
A.S. at Haskell Indian Nations University, his B.A. magna cum laude
in English at the University of New Mexico, and his M.A. in English at
the University of Oklahoma May of 2006.
Mr. Sexton has taught
Freshman Composition at the University of Oklahoma for the last three
years. Two of those years, he has taught in a computer-mediated
classroom where he constantly searches for ways use the available
technology to help his students develop their writing skills. His
primary focus in Native American literature; more particularly, Mr.
Sexton is interested in contributing to the development of a Native
American literary theory. He has presented scholarly papers as well as
original poetry at various conferences as both an undergraduate and
graduate student. Mr. Sexton has several poems published in various
publications around the country and has a forthcoming publication of an
essay on the late Native writer and scholar Louis Owens’s book Other
Destinies.
Mr. Sexton’s other
academic interests includes issues in C/R/L. He studies the concept of
rhetorical sovereignty and explores how studies in C/R/L can contribute
to Native American literary studies. His most recent interest is in
Trans-Atlantic studies.
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