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Autumn Asher BlackDeer
Assistant Professor
University of Denver
Education/Degree:
1 Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work (Washington University in St. Louis)
About
Dr. Autumn Asher BlackDeer is a queer anti-colonial scholar-activist from the Southern Cheyenne Nation and serves as an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. Her scholarship illuminates the impact of structural violence on American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Dr. BlackDeer centers Indigenous voices throughout her research by using quantitative approaches and big data as tools for responsible storytelling. Dr. BlackDeer is a racial equity scholar with an emphasis on Indigenous tribal sovereignty and is deeply committed to furthering anti-colonial abolitionist work.
Current Work
Dr. BlackDeer's scholarship seeks to address all forms of colonialism from mental health to reproductive justice to media representation. Her current work is futures focused, highlighting Indigenous solutions to complex problems our ancestors have already encountered. She highlights Indigenous resistance and survivance in the face of genocidal regimes and uplifts multiply marginalized perspectives within Indigenous communities particularly those at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and disability.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Decolonization, Indigenous communities, critical perspectives, disability studies, gender and sexuality studies