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The Importance of Indigenous Literature

Posted by Laura on October 16, 2023

Brian Young behind stacks of his book at a speaking engagement looking excited.

Only 1.5% of children’s books are written by Indigenous authors.

Young adult author Brian Young is looking to change that.

Young is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. He grew up on the Navajo Reservation and later graduated from Yale University and Columbia University. He has published two children’s books, Healer of the Water Monster and Heroes of the Water Monster. He also won many awards for his writing including the American Indian Youth Literature Award and Bank… Read more

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Current Graduate Students by Area

Posted by NAU Org Growth and Eff Initiative on November 20, 2019

Current Graduate Students by Area

Ph.D. Applied Linguistics

MFA Creative Writing

MA Literature

MA Professional Writing

MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media Studies (RWDMS)

MA Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)

 

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NY Times Post

Posted by on November 16, 2017

The notion that corporations can and should do social good is a hot topic of conversation these days, but the concept has a long, if uneven, history.

Source: Howard Schultz, Starbucks and a History of Corporate Responsibility – The New York Times

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