Fine-Dare

Kathleen S. Fine-Dare

Career Profile

Dr. Kathleen Fine-Dare is a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Gender & Women’s Studies (GWS) at Fort Lewis College (FLC). Over her 34-year teaching career, she served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Coordinator of GWS, and as an affiliated faculty member in Native American & Indigenous Studies (NAIS). She also contributed significantly to institutional governance as Chair of the Liberal Arts Council, Fulbright FPA, and a member of the Institutional Review Board. Though retired from teaching in 2018, Fine-Dare continued her work at FLC through 2021 as Chair, President’s NAGPRA Committee, and as FLC Tribal Liaison & co PI, National NAGPRA consultation and documentation grant.

Book publications (selected)

  • Dinámicas de la indigeneidad en contextos urbanos: Historia, actuación y educación en Cotocollao, Quito (U San Francisco-Quito and Abya-Yala, 2025)
  • Urban Mountain Beings: Histories of Indigeneity and Geographies of Time in Quito (Lexington, 2020)
  • The Andean World (co-edited with LJ Seligmann, Routledge, 2019)
  • Border Crossings: Transnational Americanist Anthropology (co-edited with SL Rubenstein, U Nebraska, 2009)
  • Grave Injustice: The American Indian Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA (U Nebraska, 2002 -- under revision)

Honors & Awards (selected)

  • Dolores Cacuango Prize for outstanding research article, Latin American Studies Assn (2023) - “The Hummingbird House: Indigenous Pedagogies and Cultural Revitalization in Quito, Ecuador.” Anthropology & Education Quarterly (special issue “Indigenous Pedagogies in a Global World and Sustainable Futures”, 2021) https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12391
  • Jemison Visiting Humanities Scholar, University of Alabama-Birmingham (2020)
  • Fulbright Fellowships (1980-81, 2004-2005)
  • FLC Roger Peters Distinguished Professor Award (2009)

Grant Funding Secured for Fort Lewis College

  • 2017-2019 – National Park Service NAGPRA Consultation & Documentation Grant ($89,878, with S. Tisdale)
  • 1998-2003 – Colorado Program of Excellence & Colorado Commission on Higher Education Grant  to the  FLC Dept. of Anthropology ($750,000, with A. Yeager)
  • 1995-1997 – National Park Service Grant for Cultural Property, Cultural Privacy & Repatriation Dialogue ($54,000, with P.G. Duke)

Professional Service & Leadership (selected)

  • President (2025), Board of Directors, Mesa Verde Museum Association (2018- )
  • Secretary, Association of Senior Anthropologists (2025- )
  • Member, Colorado Fulbright Association (2022- )
  • Speaker Committee, NAGPRA Community of Practice (2024- )
  • MA Committee member, FLACSO – Quito (5 students since 2020)

Community Engagement & Volunteer Work (selected)

  • Leadership Team Durango Association of University Women (2018–present)
  • FLC Professional Associates (2018-present)
  • Four Corners Lecture Series member (2016-18)

Invited Speaker Engagements (selected)

  • Keynote speaker, Ecuadorian Anthropology Congress (2024, 2023)
  • Native American Group, The Hartford Insurance Agency (2024)
  • Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe (2024)
  • Crow Canyon Archaeological Center (2023)
  • NAGPRA Community of Practice (2023)
  • School of Advanced Research, Santa Fe (2022)
  • U of Alabama-Birmingham, Programs in Anthropology & Peace Studies (2020)

Professional Affiliations (selected)

  • American Anthropological Association (AAA)
  • Association of Senior Anthropologists (ASA)
  • Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
  • Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
  • Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA)
  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)
  • Rocky Mountain Congress of Latin American Studies (RMCLAS)
  • Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA)