Adrienne Keene, Ph.D. (Cherokee Nation)
Adrienne Keene (she/her) is a writer and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, originally from southern California, and is a 2025-2027 Tulsa Artist Fellow. She writes essays and books that explore how Native people are represented in popular culture, as well as utilizing themes of reclamation, reconnection, and Indigenous futurisms to examine the impacts of settler colonialism on her family. She is the creator and author of the blog Native Appropriations, the co-creator of the All My Relations Podcast, and the author of Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present (Ten Speed Press). Her essays and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, Stanford Magazine, Teen Vogue, Catapult Magazine, Indian Country Today, and others, as well as numerous academic journals and edited volumes.
Prior to her time in Tulsa, Adrienne was an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, where her academic research focused on Native students navigating higher education and the role of college in building Indigenous futures.