Research Statement
My scholarly work is rooted in both literary studies and cultural history, and primarily looks at the ways that Indigenous being, belonging, and other-than-human kinship are expressed in our own imaginative works and expressive arts. I’m interested in our diverse relationships—imagined and real, between bodies, peoples, ideas, times, and places, in all their ethical and relational complexities—and the ways they’re enhanced, diminished, and complicated by the stories we tell about ourselves and the stories we tell about one another. In short, I’m interested in how, by imagining otherwise and by centring voices, perspectives, and subjectivities too often pushed to the margins, we might better understand where we’ve come from, where we are in the world today, and how we might realize better ways of being in the future.
CURRICULUM VITAE
DANIEL HEATH JUSTICE
EDUCATION
B.A. English, University of Northern Colorado (1997)
M.A. English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1998)
Ph.D. English (Native American literature)/sub-specialty in Native American history (2002)
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Faculty member in English, Affiliate faculty, Aboriginal Studies, University of Toronto, 2002-2012 (Assistant Professor: 2002-2007; Associate Professor: 2007-2012)
Faculty member in First Nations and Indigenous Studies and English, University of British Columbia (Associate Professor: 2012-2015; Full Professor: 2015-present; FNIS Chair: 2012-2017)
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia (2012-2022)
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, Academy of the Arts and Humanities (2018-present)
Distinguished University Scholar, University of British Columbia (2023-present)
RESEARCH AREAS
Cherokee Studies, Indigenous literary and cultural studies, animal cultural history, gender and sexuality studies, speculative fiction