Jenny L. Davis

{{Infobox academic | image = Jenny L. Davis.jpg | caption = Davis in 2019 | education = {{Plainlist| * [[Oklahoma State University]] {{Small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}} * [[University of Colorado Boulder]] {{Small|([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}} }} | discipline = Linguistic anthropologist | workplaces = [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] | sub_discipline = [[Native American studies]] }} '''Jenny L. Davis''' is an American [[linguist]], [[anthropologist]], and poet. She is an Associate Professor of Anthropology, American Indian Studies, and Gender & Women's Studies at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] where she is the director of the American Indian Studies Program.<ref name=":0" /> Her research is on contemporary Indigenous languages and identity, focusing on Indigenous [[language revitalization]] and Indigenous gender and sexuality, especially within the Two-Spirit movement.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Todd |first1=Zoe |title='academia has its own set of rules': Jenny Davis on language revitalization and Indigenous gender and sexuality in North America |url=https://savageminds.org/2015/06/02/academia-has-its-own-set-of-rules-jenny-davis-on-language-revitalization-and-indigenous-gender-and-sexuality-in-north-america/ |website=Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology|date=2 June 2015 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://anthro.illinois.edu/directory/profile/loksi|title=Jenny L Davis {{!}} Anthropology at Illinois|website=University of Illinois|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref>

She is an author of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://uapress.arizona.edu/author/jenny-l-davis|title=Jenny L. Davis|website=University of Arizona Press|date=12 July 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> from [[Mannford, Oklahoma|Mannford]], Oklahoma and a citizen of the [[Chickasaw Nation]]. Her books have been awarded the [[Ruth Benedict Prize]] by the Association for Queer Anthropology for her co-edited volume, ''Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality''.<ref name="The Ruth Benedict Prize">{{cite web |title=The Ruth Benedict Prize |url=http://queeranthro.org/awards/the-ruth-benedict-prize/ |website=Association for Queer Anthropology |accessdate=9 October 2018}}</ref> and the Beatrice Medicine Award for Best Monograph in American Indian Studies from the Native American Literature Symposium and the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures for her book, ''Talking Indian: Identity and Language Revitalization in the Chickasaw Renaissance''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=carnes |first1=j |title=Announcing the Nominees and Recipients of the NALS/ASAIL 2019 Awards |url=http://people.uwm.edu/asail/2019/03/11/announcing-the-nominees-and-recipients-of-the-nalsasail-2019-awards/ |website=ASAIL |accessdate=19 March 2019 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922051454/http://people.uwm.edu/asail/2019/03/11/announcing-the-nominees-and-recipients-of-the-nalsasail-2019-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Education== Davis studied Spanish and English at [[Oklahoma State University]] and holds an [[Master of Arts|MA]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in Linguistics from the [[University of Colorado Boulder]]. She has held the Henry Roe Cloud Fellowship at [[Yale University]] and the [[Lyman T. Johnson]] Postdoctoral Fellowship at the [[University of Kentucky]].<ref name=":1" />

==Activism== Davis's activism is split between advocating for Indigenous and endangered language revitalization and the [[Two-Spirit]] movement.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hannabach |first1=Cathy |title=Jenny L. Davis on Indigenous Language Revitalization |url=https://ideasonfire.net/79-jenny-l-davis/ |website=Imagine Otherwise |date=2 January 2019 |publisher=Ideas on Fire |accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref> She served as a co-director of both the Two-Spirit Society of Denver (2007–2010) and the Tulsa Two-Spirit Society (2010–2011) and co-organizer of the 2009 International Two Spirit Gathering in Estes Park, Colorado. In 2014, she served as one of three head dancers at the Bay Area American Indian Two Spirit Society (BAAITS) Powwow.<ref>{{cite web |title=World's Only Public Two-Spirit Powwow to Celebrate Fourth Annual Event |url=https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/world-s-only-public-two-spirit-powwow-to-celebrate-fourth-annual-event-CM7P-qbyHUic73eDHjT4QA/ |website=Indian Country Today |accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref>

Davis teaches workshops and courses around language documentation and revitalization and has been involved with the InField/[[CoLang|CoLANG Institute]] as a co-instructor of the Language Activism course at the 2014, 2016, and 2018 summer institutes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Martins Wong |first1=Kevin |title=Rebels for language: Attending CoLang 2016 |journal=Unravel Magazine |date=July 25, 2016 |issue=3 |url=https://unravellingmag.com/dialogue/rebels-language-attending-colang-2016/ |accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Symposium on the American Indian to host keynote speakers- April 12–14 |url=https://www.nativeoklahoma.us/index.php/events/640-symposium-on-the-american-indian-to-host-keynote-speakers-april-12-14 |website=Native Oklahoma |accessdate=7 February 2019 |archive-date=20 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120174011/http://nativeoklahoma.us/index.php/events/640-symposium-on-the-american-indian-to-host-keynote-speakers-april-12-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Published works== {{Library resources box|by=yes|onlinebooksby=yes|viaf=1880421}}

===Books===

*{{cite book|last1=Davis |first1=Jenny L. |title=Trickster Academy |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=9780816542659 |url=https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/trickster-academy |date=2022-02-01}} * {{cite book|last1=Davis |first1=Jenny L. |title=Talking Indian: Identity and Language Revitalization in the Chickasaw Renaissance |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=9780816537686 |url=https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/talking-indian |date=2018-04-17 }} * {{cite book|last1=Zimman |first1=Lal |title=Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199937318 |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/queer-excursions-9780199937318?cc=us&lang=en& |date=August 2014 |series=Studies in Language and Gender }}

==Honors and awards== *2021 Dynamic Woman of the Chickasaw Nation Award, which annually recognizes a Chickasaw woman who has made great accomplishments in her career field and contributed towards the preservation and perpetuation of Chickasaw culture.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Jenny L. Davis named 2021 Chickasaw Nation Dynamic Woman of the Year |url=https://www.chickasaw.net/News/Press-Releases/Release/Dr-Jenny-L-Davis-named-2021-Chickasaw-Nation-Dyn-56329.aspx |website=Chickasaw Nation Press Releases |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> *2019 Beatrice Medicine Award for Best Monograph in American Indian Studies for ''Talking Indian: Identity and Language Revitalization in the Chickasaw Renaissance'' from the Native American Literature Symposium and the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures.<ref>{{cite web |last1=carnes |first1=j |title=Announcing the Nominees and Recipients of the NALS/ASAIL 2019 Awards |url=http://people.uwm.edu/asail/2019/03/11/announcing-the-nominees-and-recipients-of-the-nalsasail-2019-awards/ |website=ASAIL |accessdate=19 March 2019 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922051454/http://people.uwm.edu/asail/2019/03/11/announcing-the-nominees-and-recipients-of-the-nalsasail-2019-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2014 [[Ruth Benedict Prize]] for Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality from the Association for Queer Anthropology and the American Anthropological Association.<ref name="The Ruth Benedict Prize"/>

==Professional fellowships== *2020-2021 Helen Corley Petit Scholar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign <ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Kimberly |title=College of LAS announces named scholar positions: Faculty honored for contributions in education and research |url=https://las.illinois.edu/news/2020-04-22/college-las-announces-named-scholar-positions |website=College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |date=22 April 2020 |access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref> *2019-2023 Chancellor's Fellow of Indigenous Research and Ethics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.diversity.illinois.edu/ovcdei/#leadership |title=Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:Leadership |accessdate=11 February 2020 |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214235150/https://diversity.illinois.edu/ovcdei/#leadership |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2013-2014 [[Lyman T. Johnson]] Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Kentucky. *2011-2012 Henry Roe Cloud Dissertation Writing Fellow in American Indian Studies, Yale University.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ygsna.sites.yale.edu/people |title=Yale Group for the Study of Native America: People |accessdate=11 February 2020}}</ref>

==Interviews and research coverage== *{{cite web |last1=Yaquinto |first1=Jessica |title=Language, Community, and Context - Ep 51 |url=https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/heritagevoices |website=Heritage Voices Podcast|date=22 June 2023 }} *{{cite web |last1=Pruden |first1=Harlan |title=The Power to Say, NO and to Chart a New (and old) Path! |url=https://twospiritjournal.com/?p=781 |website=Two Spirit Journal |date=29 October 2019 }} *{{cite web |last1=Hannabach |first1=Cathy |title=Jenny L. Davis on Indigenous Language Revitalization |url=https://ideasonfire.net/79-jenny-l-davis/ |website=Imagine Otherwise |date=2 January 2019 |publisher=Ideas on Fire}} *{{cite web |last1=Todd |first1=Zoe |title='academia has its own set of rules': Jenny Davis on language revitalization and Indigenous gender and sexuality in North America |url=https://savageminds.org/2015/06/02/academia-has-its-own-set-of-rules-jenny-davis-on-language-revitalization-and-indigenous-gender-and-sexuality-in-north-america/ |website=Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology|date=2 June 2015 }}

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