Jody Rust

Hello! I am in my third year at U of M and my PhD research focuses on a relational framework for teaching writing and literature influenced by the mitakuye oyasin (all my relations) philosophy held by many peoples of the Oceti Sakowin tribes of South Dakota. My teaching and other lived experiences with people from and living on the Diné (Navajo) Nation, the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, and the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation introduced me to the concept of "all my relations" as not only a way to live, but a way to approach teaching and learning.