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Margo Lukens is a Professor of English and Director of the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine. Her research focuses on Native American and First Nations playwrights, Wabanaki literary history, and decolonization efforts. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and has taught courses ranging from African American Literature to Native American Writing.
- Education: Ph.D. in English (1991, University of Colorado), M.A. in English (1986), A.B. cum laude (1977, Harvard University)
Her work emphasizes collaboration with Indigenous communities, including projects like the bilingual Penobscot Transformer Tales and theater productions such as Transformer Tales: Stories of the Dawnland. She has presented widely at conferences like the Native American Literature Symposium and Thinking Its Presence: The Racial Imaginary. Her publications include edited journal issues on Northeastern Native American writers and a critical study of William S. Yellow Robe Jr.'s plays.
Lukens has pioneered the Innovation Engineering certificates at the University of Maine, training faculty across the state. Her teaching spans undergraduate and graduate courses in American literature, intertribal theater, and cultural memory studies.
