Roger Spielmann

Biography

     Born in 1951 (Yikes!), I grew up in Chicago, brought up by a single mother along with my sister.  I have three beautiful daughters and 6 pretty cool grandkids…I received my Ph.D. in 1984 at UBC in Anthropology with a focus on linguistics.  Then I spent 11 years living in a First Nation community from 1979-1990 (Pikogan) as the Coordinator of the Language and Culture Program.

    In 1990 I was invited to come to LU to teach in the Indigenous Studies Program where I stayed until 2012. I took early retirement to write my debut novel and then in 2017 I was asked to come out of retirement to teach in the Dept. of Anthropology. I’ve written two award-winning academic books and published my debut novel The Interview in 2020. 

My passion has always been teaching, and I consider myself to be the luckiest guy in the world to have the opportunity to hang out with you guys!

Education

Ph.D. University of British Columbia (1984)

M.A. University of Texas, Arlington (1977)

B.A. Warner Pacific College (1975)