Received a Ph.D. from Columbia University, Subcommittee on Film and Theater and an M.F.A. from Columbia's School of the Arts.
Fulbright Scholar, The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program, University of Toronto (1994).
Presented a written statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing on "Stolen Identities: The Impact of Racist Stereotypes on Indigenous People," May 5, 2011. Panelists included Suzan Harjo and Chaske Spencer.
Her book, "Making the White Man's Indian: Native Americans and Hollywood Movies" contains a Foreword by British film historian Kevin Brownlow.
Andrew Sarris was her advisor while she attended Columbia University.