Dr. Lawson's research focuses on Indigenous film, digital media, and literature and has a particular emphasis on the activist and pedagogical implications of such work. She has worked with scholars in other countries such as New Zealand, Finland and Norway examining the intersections of global indigenous film and media.
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American Indian and Indigenous literature, film, digital media, and art. American Indian language revitalization, digital storytelling, Indigenous youth media, IndigenousI activism, theoretical foundations in American Indian studies, theory and methodology in American Indian literary and film criticism, ethnic literature, race and representation
