Browning M Neddeau
Browning Neddeau, M.A., Ed.D. (he/him/his) is enrolled in the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. He is a Jointly Appointed Associate Professor of Elementary Teacher Education and the Department of Ethnic, Gender, and Queer Studies.
Dr. Neddeau served the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Partnership and Engagement Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program as an Advisor on American Indian and Alaska Native Cultures. Additionally, he served on the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education’s National Advisory Council as the Vice Chair of Faculty Interests and Needs. He led the National Art Education Association’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Commission in the following roles: Past Chair, Chair, Inaugural Associate Chair, and Inaugural Commissioner.
Publications
Neddeau, B.M. & Madril, M.S. (2025). Tobacconist/wooden Indian statues, material culture, and a
culturally sustaining path forward in art education. Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues
and Research, 66(2), 163-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2025.2468629
McClure Sweeny, M. & Neddeau, B.M. (2024). Storytelling and error: Challenging pioneer ontologies
in early childhood education. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 1-11.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2024.2355101
Neddeau, B.M. (2023). Beading shkodé. [Invited provocation.] Be(com)ing strange(r): Towards a
posthuman social studies. Teachers College Press.
Sweeny, R.W., Knight, W.B., Neddeau, B.M., & Pfeiler Wunder, A. (2022). [Invited.] Editorial.
Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research, 63(4), 289-295.
Neddeau, B.M. (2022). A conversation with nokmes (my grandmother) in poetry. Journal of
Folklore and Education, 9, 36-40.
https://jfepublications.org/article/a-conversation-with-nokmes-my-grandmother-in-poetry/
Neddeau, B.M. (2022). Understanding a pandemic through virtual storytelling events. Art Education,
75(5), 39-41.
Guzman, J., Neddeau, B.M., & Dell’Angelo, T. (2022). Dismantling colonizer logics in the post-Trump
hellscape in k-12 education. Professing Education, 20(1), 8-17.
Neddeau, B.M. & Nice, J.A. (2022). Navigating a new ethnic studies requirement through
shared governance with integrity, speed, and an antiracist lens. Proceedings of the
Hawaii International Conference on Education.
Neddeau, B.M. (2021). Unheard stories: How honoring and acknowledging my experiences shape me as
a teacher. In L. Colket, T. Light, & A. Carswell (Eds.), Becoming: Transformative storytelling
for education’s future. DIO Press.
Neddeau, B.M. (2020). Arts access & equity in teacher education during a pandemic. Issues in Teacher
Education, 29(1 & 2), 85-92.
Neddeau, B.M. (2020). Using self-portraits as a starting point in Native American studies for grades 3
to 5. Social Studies Review, 88-92.
Neddeau, B.M. (2020). Exploring the tenets of tribal critical race theory in grade 4. Proceedings of
the Hawaii International Conference on Education.
Neddeau, B.M. (2018). Marrying the pecha kucha with graphic organizers as a summative assessment.
Proceedings of the Global Conference on Education and Research.
Neddeau, B.M. (2017). The selfie project: Using photographs to improve writing with diverse learners.
In T. Dell’Angelo, L. Ammentorp, & L. Madden (Eds.), Using photography and other arts-
based methods with English language learners (p. 95-103). The Rowman & Littlefield
Publishing Group, Inc.
Neddeau, B.M. (2016). Close reading and movement: A lesson on student engagement and the four cs.
LEARNing Landscapes, 9(2), 433-442.
Courses Taught
· AIST 170 Introduction to American Indian Studies
· AIST 252/ENGL 252 American Indian Literature
· AIST 365 American Indian Storytelling/Oral Narrative
· MCGS 155 Introduction to Intersectional Ethnic Studies
· MCGS 300H/HNRS 300 Honors Ethnic Studies Methodologies
· PHIL 336 American Indian Environmental Philosophies