Biography

Patty Loew is an associate professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at UW-Madison, where she teaches Native American Environmental Issues and the Media and Digital Video Documentary production. She also produces documentary segments and hosts In Wisconsin, a statewide news and public affairs for Wisconsin Public Television. An enrolled member of the Bad River Band of of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Loew has produced more than a dozen award-winning documentaries on Native American topics, including "Spring of Discontent," which aired regionally on ABC affiliates and "Nation Within a Nation" which aired nationally on PBS. Her book, Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal , won the Wisconsin Library Association 2002 Outstanding Achievement Recognition Award. In 2003, the State Historical Society's Office of School Services published a children's version of the book. In 1998, Loew received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Journalism and Mass Communication. In recognition of her work with Native communities, she has been awarded honorary degrees from Northland College in Ashland and Edgewood College in Madison.