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JACE WEAVER is Director
of the INAS,
Professor of Religion, and Adjunct Professor of Law. As director, he serves
as advisor for all students in the undergraduate and graduate Native American
Studies Programs. He holds two doctorates, a JD from Columbia Law School
of Columbia University and a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in
New York.
Dr. Weaver’s work in Native American Studies is highly interdisciplinary,
though focusing primarily on three areas: religious traditions, literature,
and law. He is the author or editor of eight books, including That
the People Might Live: Native American Literatures and Native American
Community, Other Words: American Indian Literature, Law,
and Culture, and Turtle Goes to War: Of Military Commissions,
the Constitution and American Indian Memory. He is currently
completing a book on Native American literary criticism with Robert Warrior,
Craig Womack, and Simon Ortiz.
In 2003, Dr. Weaver won the Wordcraft Award for Best Creative Non-Fiction
from the Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers for Other
Words. In 1999, he won the Portfolio Award for excellence in
teaching resources from the journal Media and Methods for his book on
CD-ROM, American Journey: The Native American Experience.
He has also been nominated for the Oklahoma and Connecticut Book Awards.
In Other Words, Dr. Weaver has written, “Native
American Studies is by its nature two things, comparative and interdisciplinary.”
It is this emphasis that he hopes to bring to INAS and the Native American
Studies programs at UGA.
Contact Dr. Weaver at jweaver@uga.edu