Office:
Miller Library 235
Phone:
207-859-5277
Fax:
859-5252
Email:paonion@colby.edu
Mailing Address:
5277 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8852
Education
Ph.D. Harvard University
Areas of Expertise:
American Indian literature, especially American Indian drama
Works on Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and William S. Yellow Robe Jr.
Professional Information
Pat Onion, who has been teaching American Indian literature at Colby for about a decade, has written on contemporary authors Sherman Alexie and Louise Erdrich and designed a program on American Indian Literature for the Maine Humanities Council. Spending much of her fall 2003 sabbatical on the Blackfeet Reservation inspired the redesigning of the program "Crossing Over."
Blackfeet Warriors
Volunteering and working in the community on the reservation nuanced my work in literature.
Colby College 4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901-8840 P: 207-859-4000 web@colby.edu
Volunteering and working in the community on the reservation nuanced my work in literature. 
