Mandy Suhr-Sytsma

Mandy Suhr-Sytsma is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of English and core faculty in the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Emory University. She specializes in Indigenous literatures, YA literature, and rhetoric/composition. Her teaching emphasizes Indigenous studies themes in undergraduate courses and first-year writing.

Education: B.A. from Calvin College, M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut.

Research focuses on Indigenous North American literatures, particularly representations of childhood, gender, activism, and artistic expression. Her book Self-Determined Stories (2019) examines Indigenous reinventions of YA literature. Her scholarship appears in journals like Studies in American Indian Literatures and Children's Literature.

Community engagement includes teaching at Freedom University and consulting with K-12 institutions. She curates educational resources for teachers/families via her website mandysuhrsytsma.weebly.com.