Brady DeSanti, PhD
- Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe
- Director of Native American Studies
- Associate Professor of Religious Studies
- 402.554.2628
- Native American and Religious Studies
General Information
Biography
Dr. Brady DeSanti is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is the Director of the Native American Studies Program. He is an alumnus of UNO and received his Ph.D. in American History from the University of Kansas in 2012. He is an enrolled Citizen of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Tribal Nation in Hayward, Wisconsin. His research focuses on Native American history and religious traditions.
Teaching Interests
Dr. DeSanti teaches classes for the Religious Studies Department and Native American Studies Program. His class offerings include the following: Native American Religions, Shamanism, Dreaming and the Origins of Religion, Holy Terror: Religion and Horror, Religion and Comic Books, Introduction to Native American Studies, and Introduction to World Religions. He is developing a course on Native American understandings of death and reincarnation.
Research Interests
Dr. DeSanti's research interests include Native American religious traditions and religion and popular culture. He also examines Native American history and the relationships between Native American peoples and anthropologists and historians. His research touches upon many topics within Native American Studies.
Service Summary
Along with serving as the Director of the Native American Studies program, Dr. DeSanti is a member of the Executive Council for Native Studies, a member of the UNO Goldstein Human Rights Executive Committee, Goldstein Lecture Committee, a co-adviser for Religious Studies majors. He also ​chairs RPT duties for the Religious Studies Department.