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Adam Spry is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan, with a focus on Indigenous literatures and Anishinaabe literary history. He holds a PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University (2014). His research explores Native American/Alaska Native literatures, global Indigenous studies, and the intersection of literary theory with Indigenous nationhood. Spry is the author of Our War Paint is Writers' Ink: Anishinaabe Literary Transnationalism (2018), analyzing Anishinaabe writers within transnational frameworks. His current work investigates avant-garde traditions in Native art/film as responses to capitalist impacts on Indigenous communities. Formerly, he taught at Emerson College and Florida Atlantic University, and was a Henry Roe Cloud Fellow at Yale. He is affiliated with the Program in Native American Studies (NAS) and grew up on the Flathead Reservation.
Research trends span colonial discourse critiques, decolonial methodologies, and the avant-garde’s role in Indigenous cultural resilience. His publications bridge literary analysis with historical and theoretical frameworks, emphasizing Indigenous sovereignty and cultural continuity.
He has held positions at multiple institutions and maintains strong ties to tribal communities. No grants or lab affiliations are explicitly noted.
