Native American Journalist Patty Loew Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Patty Loew

Published April 18, 2019

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — American Indian journalist Patty Loew, a tribal citizen of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.

Loew is professor in the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and co-director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at Northwestern University (CNAIR).

At CNAIR, she helps advance research and scholarship about Native nations, communities and people. Loew is author of “Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal,” now in its second edition, which won the Wisconsin Library Association’s 2002 Outstanding Book Award.

The Academy was founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin and others who believed the new republic should honor exceptionally accomplished individuals and engage them in advancing the public good. The Academy’s dual mission remains essentially the same 239 years later with honorees from increasingly diverse fields and with the work now focused on the arts, democracy, education, global affairs and science.

Loew is among five individuals from Northwestern University to be elected this year. Additionally, this year’s class includes more than 200 individuals with compelling achievements in academic, business, government and public affairs. Perhaps, the most notable name among the more than 200 is former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.

The new class will be inducted at a ceremony in October 2019 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

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