As of July 1, 2016, Dr. Tracy Bear has joined the Department of Women's and Gender Studies as an Assistant Professor in a cross-appointment from Native Studies.
Dr. Bear is a Nehiyaw'iskwew (Cree woman) academic and member of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation located in Northern Saskatchewan. She recently completed her PhD in English and Film Studies at the 黑料不打烊 with a dissertation entitled "Corporeal Sovereignty Through the Praxis of an Indigenous Eroticanalysis." Her research is grounded in decolonial methodologies and epistemologies of Indigenous Studies with specific research interests in Indigenous Erotics & Eroticanalysis; Indigenous Feminism, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Sovereignty, Land & Body Politics; Indigenous Queer & Two-Spirit Studies; and Contemporary Indigenous Art.
Another central influence for her work is her experience of being a member of the National Collective of Walking With Our Sisters (WWOS). WWOS is a memorial art installation that honours and remembers the over 1400 missing and murdered Indigenous Women, girls and genderful people in Canada.
Starting with the 2017/8 academic year, Dr. Bear will be teaching annually an