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    The WLA has provided an invaluable intellectual home for me as I have worked to forge a professional identity over the course of my time in graduate school.
    Alex Young
    Copeland Fellow, Amherst College

WLA Conference 2022

57th WLA Conference

Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho
October 5-8, 2022

 

THEME: TBA

 

The 2022 Conference will be co-hosted by Dr. Amanda Zink (Idaho State University) and Dr. Jennifer Ladino (University of Idaho). 

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Amanda Zink

Amanda Zink

  
Jennifer Ladino

Jennifer Ladino

 

Venue: 

The Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel on the Fort Hall Reservation.
For details click on the photo below.

More to come. Please check back frequently.

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