ISU Impact: Engaging With The College of Arts and Letters

Including Indigenous Perspectives

By Kandi J. Turley-Ames, Ph.D.

Published September 20, 2023 at 2:46 PM MDT

Guests discuss Indigenous People’s Day (IPD) and the upcoming Western Literature Association (WLA).

Guests discuss Indigenous People’s Day (IPD) and the upcoming Western Literature Association (WLA), which is being held for the first time in its history (est. 1965) on Tribal lands in collaboration with the resident Tribal citizens.

Events for IPD and WLA will be held October 9-13. Most of the events are free and open to the public. For information about IPDand WLA please visit their websites.

Guests:

Amanda Zink, Ph.D., Professor of English at ISU

Laticia Herkshan, Ph.D., ISU alumna, 2022 Doctorate of Arts in Political Science

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Kandi J. Turley-Ames, Ph.D.

Kandi Turley-Ames began her journey at Idaho State University by graduating from ISU with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1990 and a Master of Science in Psychology in 1993. She completed her Ph.D. in Psychology at Washington State University in 1996. She is a graduate of the Higher Education Resource Service for women in higher education administration. Her academic area of expertise includes memory and cognition. She has published numerous papers with colleagues and students on how strategies impact memory and higher cognitive abilities.

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