Gregory Fields
Distinguished Research Professor and Research Associate, American Indian Studies Research Institute and the Department of Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington.
Peck Hall, Room 2211
gfields@siue.edu / 618-650-2461
PhD University of Hawai'i, 1994
Courses Taught
- Philosophy 233: Philosophies & Diverse Cultures: India
- Philosophy 337: American Indian Thought
- IS 305: Issues in Native American Studies
- IS 324: Cultures of Asia
Research Interests
Dr. Fields is a comparative philosopher who has published on South Asian thought and culture, particularly the traditions of healing. He has produced, by means of collaborations, a number of publications and recordings concerning Native American thought, culture, and history, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest. Among his current concerns are sustainability and indigenous environmental knowledge.
Representative Publications
Religious Therapeutics: Body and Health in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Tantra. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Press, 2002.
Rights Remembered: A Salish Grandmother Speaks on American Indian History and the Future by Pauline Hillaire (Lummi Coast Salish), edited by Gregory P. Fields; media companion: DVD & 2 audio CDs, “A Century of Coast Salish History.” Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016.
Pacific Northwest Medicine Songs of the Four Seasons (4-CD set) sung by Johnny Moses, (Nuu-chah-nulth and Tulalip Coast Salish). Produced, with monograph, by Gregory P. Fields Washington, DC: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2017.
Professor Fields' publications and abstracts are available online here.
