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Professor Duane Champagne Campbel Hall 3220 |
Biographical Information
Duane Champagne has been appointed Editor of the American Indian Culture and Research Journal for 2011-12, a position he previously held from 1986-2003. As Editor, Professor Champagne will also hold the title of Associate Director. The Center is delighted to welcome Professor Champagne back to the Journal and to benefit from his intellectual leadership in the field of American Indian Studies.
Professor Champagne is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa from North Dakota. He is Professor of Sociology and American Indian Studies. His interests focus on processes of social change and institutionalization. Empirically, he has looked at institutional change and variation among Native American societies and their social, economic and political responses to Western influences (i.e. incorporation into the world system, geopolitical competition and trans-societal cultural interactions). Other related interests include theory, historical and comparative analysis, and fieldwork.
