FACULTY

Associate Professor. B.A., Native American Studies, University of California at Berkeley; M.A., History, University of New Mexico; Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, University of California at Berkeley.

Professor Vernon holds a joint appointment in the English Department and the Center for Applied Studies in American Ethnicity (CASAE). She specializes in Native American studies and is trained in Ethnic Studies and American Literature. As well, Professor Vernon reviews articles and manuscripts for the English Journal, University of Nebraska Press, and the University of Oklahoma Press, American Indian Literature and Culture Series. Her research interests include Native American health and healing issues, particularly HIV/AIDS. Her book Killing Us Quietly: Native Americans and HIV/AIDS (2001) has been followed by articles published in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, American Indian Quarterly and Wicazo Sa Review. She is currently working on several grants, one for the Centers for Disease Control which provides technical HIV/AIDS service to tribes and the Office of Juvenile Justice providing research and assistance on tribal juvenile justice concerns.

Phone: (970) 491-6839
Email Address: Irene.Vernon@colostate.edu