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Gregory E. Dowd is the Helen Hornbeck Tanner Collegiate Professor and serves as the LSA Associate Dean for the Humanities at the University of Michigan. He holds a joint appointment in the Departments of American Culture and History. His research focuses on Early American and Native American history, British settler colonies, and Indigenous peoples, with a particular interest in the intersections of rumor, religion, law, and popular action. He has taught at the University of Notre Dame, University of Connecticut, and University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa).
Education:
- Ph.D. in History, Princeton University (1986)
- B.A. in History, University of Connecticut (1978)
Professional Affiliations and Activities: Dowd is Core Faculty in the Program in Native American Studies (NAS) and has held fellowships at the University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities, the Newberry Library (Chicago), and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. He authored an expert witness report and provided testimony in a treaty-rights case involving Michigan tribes.
Narrative: As a former chair of the Department of American Culture and director of its Native American Studies program, Dowd has contributed significantly to academic administration and interdisciplinary collaboration. His work bridges historical analysis with legal and cultural dimensions, emphasizing transnational and comparative perspectives in colonial studies.
