Erin Dennis, Communications Specialist

Erin Dennis joined ILTF as its Communications Specialist in 2007.  Prior to her current position, she taught composition at South Dakota State University and tutored in the University’s writing center.  Before that, Dennis had been a Research Associate and Assistant Community Liaison for Northwest Area Foundation.  While at Northwest Area, she worked on Indian land tenure issues and provided technical assistance to the Indian Land Tenure Community during its strategic planning process.

Dennis holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in English from SDSU.  She received SDSU’s Maud Adams Award in English for Outstanding Graduate Student during her first year of graduate school, and was awarded a graduate travel grant in spring 2006 for academic conference presentations.