Kenzie Allen is a poet and multimodal artist. Her research centers on documentary and visual poetics, literary cartography, and the enactment of Indigenous sovereignties through creative works. A descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, her most recent project is a multimodal book of poetry which incorporates intergenerational histories and diasporic movements, Haudenosaunee traditions, and archival materials of the Carlisle Indian Boarding School. Her poems can be found in Boston Review, Narrative Magazine, Best New Poets, and other venues, and she is the recipient of a 2021 92 Street Y Discovery Prize and an inaugural 2021 James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets.

Current Research Projects

Current Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Winter 2022	AP/EN3305 3.0	M	Native American Literature	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2021	AP/CWR2600 6.0	B	Introduction to Creative Writing	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2021	AP/CWR3620 6.0	A	Intermediate Poetry Workshop	SEMR

Kenzie Allen is a poet and multimodal artist. Her research centers on documentary and visual poetics, literary cartography, and the enactment of Indigenous sovereignties through creative works. A descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, her most recent project is a multimodal book of poetry which incorporates intergenerational histories and diasporic movements, Haudenosaunee traditions, and archival materials of the Carlisle Indian Boarding School. Her poems can be found in Boston Review, Narrative Magazine, Best New Poets, and other venues, and she is the recipient of a 2021 92 Street Y Discovery Prize and an inaugural 2021 James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets.

Degrees

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MFA, University of Michigan
BA, Washington University in St. Louis

Appointments

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Current Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Winter 2022	AP/EN3305 3.0	M	Native American Literature	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2021	AP/CWR2600 6.0	B	Introduction to Creative Writing	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2021	AP/CWR3620 6.0	A	Intermediate Poetry Workshop	SEMR