Lisa Brooks (Abenaki) is a professor at Amherst College, teaching English and American studies. She loves to engage with students and give lectures, and she does so both inside and outside of the classroom. Her book, Our Beloved Kin, won the Bancroft Prize for American History and Diplomacy, and Lisa was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship, as well. In her spare time, she loves to read, garden, and hike.