Gavin Healey
About Gavin Healey
Dissertation Topic Area: North American Indigenous Graffiti Art & Muralism.
Secondary Interest Areas: The Use and Representation of the Trickster Figure in Contemporary Literature, Gerald Vizenor's Creation of the "Mixblood Trickster" and the Browne Family Tricksters; Ecocriticism and the Application to American Indian Literature; Postmodernism; Oral History collection; Collaborative Archeology; Land Rights Issues; Representations of the Indigenous in Global Popular Media.
President, Organization of Graduate Students in English (OGSE), Northern Arizona University 2007-09.
Vice President, Graduate Student Organization (GSO), Northern Arizona University 2008-09.
Areas of Study
Literature
Fine Art
Higher Education
Projects
2015
Artist Assistant and Organizational Aide, Neoglyphix: Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ with Dwayne Manuel and Thoms “Breeze” Martin.
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/past/
Artist Assistant and Organizational Aide, Paint PHX: Phoenix, AZ with Yatika Fields, Dwayne Manuel and Thomas “Breeze” Martin. http://paintphx.org/
2014
Artist Assistant, Paint PHX: Phoenix, AZ with Yatika Fields and Thomas “Breeze” Martin. http://paintphx.org/
2013
Art Design Consultant to Badwinds Inc., Vine Deloria Jr. Distinguished Indigenous Scholars Series “Collectors Series” Promotional Posters, with Nani Chacon, Patrick Hubbell, Damian Jim, Dwayne Manuel, and Jonathan Nelson (graphic design).
http://ais.arizona.edu/vine-deloria-distinguished-scholars-series
Videographer/Editor, Grafflowers, with Yatika Fields. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Artist Assistant, Art Basel: Miami, with Jaque Fragua, Yatika Fields, and Ben Angotti. Miami, Florida.
Artist Assistant, American Indian Mural Krew Puerto Rico Mural Project, with Jaque Fragua and Yatika Fields. San Juan, Caguas
2012
Videographer/Photographer, The Hour Has Arrived, with Jaque Fragua, Miles “El Mac” MacGregor, Augistine Kofie, Yatika Fields, and Henry Chalfant. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Interviewee, “Can’t Ban History”, with Nikki O’Shea, Arizona Cat’s Eye, University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. http://www.azcatseye.com/profiles/192-nikki-oshea
Videographer/Editor, Studio Visit, with Jaque Fragua and Jeremy Singer. Tucson, Arizona.
Art Design Consultant to Badwinds Inc., Vine Deloria Jr. Distinguished Indigenous Scholars Series “Collectors Series” Promotional Posters, with Yatika Fields, Jaque Fragua, Jonathan Nelson (graphic design), Kevin Quanne, Jeremy Singer, and Don Whitezinger. http://ais.arizona.edu/vine-deloria-distinguished-scholars-series
2011
Co-organizer/Co-Curator, No Rezervations: Contemporary Native Art Exhibition, with Jeremy Singer, Ryan Huna Smith, and Jonathan Nelson. Tucson, Arizona.
Narrator, Can’t Ban History, with Jaque Fragua. Tucson, Arizona.
Contact Information
Degree(s)
University of Arizona, Ph.D. Candidate (Tucson, Arizona)
American Indian Studies – 2010 to Present (projected dissertation defense Spring 2016)
Minor Field: Teaching, Learning, Sociocultural Studies; Language, Reading and Culture
Specialization: Native Art, Museum Studies, Art History, Literature, and Education
Dissertation Title: Unmasking the Acrylic Mist: Demystifying the Graffiti Medium and the Visual Harmonics of Indigenous Signatures on the Modern Landscape.
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Ronald Trosper
University of Arizona, Certificate in College Teaching (Tucson, Arizona)
Office of Instruction and Assessment Certificate Program – Certificate earned Spring 2012
Northern Arizona University, M.A. (Flagstaff, Arizona)
English Literature – 2009
Specialization: Native American Literature
Thesis Title: The Rigorous Intellectual Connections of Knitting Strands by Trickster Emotive Reason [TRICKSTER]: or Entry Into Gerald Vizenor’s Trickster Narrative in “The Trickster of Liberty”.
Thesis Chair: Dr. Jeff Berglund
University of Nebraska, B.A. (Lincoln, Nebraska)
English Literature - 2002
Dissertation Title
Courses Taught
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Arizona. Fall 2014-Spring 2015
Supervisor: Dr. Amy Fatzinger
Course: AIS 160A1 Many Nations of Native America (enrollment total: 245 students)
Instructor
University of Arizona. Summer 2013
AIS 344: Native Americans in Film
Instructor
University of Arizona. Summer 2012
AIS 344: Native Americans in Film
Lead Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Arizona. Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Supervisor: Dr. Amy Fatzinger
Course: AIS 160A1 Many Nations of Native America (enrollment total: 300 students)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Executive Assistant, Organizational Assistant
University of Arizona. Fall 2010-Spring 2011
Supervisor: Professor Luci Tapahonso (Poet Laureate: Navajo Nation and New Mexico) & Dr. Larry Evers
Course(s): AIS 646 Ancient and Contemporary Voices & AIS 596M Poetics and Politics
Secondary Duties: Organizational Assistant 2010-11 Vine Deloria Jr. Distinguished Indigenous Scholars Series & Executive Assistant 2011 10th Anniversary Poetics and Politics Series
