Board

Shelley McEuen Howard

Chair

Shelley McEuen-Howard

Professor of English
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Braiding Sweetgrass, Author Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Why We're Polarized, Author Ezra Klein

Recommended Movie/TV Title:  Homecoming King, Hasan Manaj special

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Vice Chair/Secretary

Mac Test

Professor
Boise State University
Boise, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Be With (Poetry),
Author Forrest Garder

Recommended Movie/TV Title:  Parasite

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Treasurer

Dulce Kersting-Lark

Head, Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Libraries 
Moscow, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Palaces for the People: How
Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality,
Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg;
What to Expect the First Year, by Heidi Murkoff.

Recommended Movie/TV Title: Call the Midwife from
the BBC.

M Allison Fall 2019 (002)

Mary Ann Allison

Hofstra University, Professor Emerita; Citibank Executive and Consultant, Retired
Idaho Falls, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems, Author Joy Harjo

Recommended Movie/TV Title:  Jamie Jensen speaking at the Museum of Idaho

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Tamara Ansotegui

Educator
Basin School District, Idaho City
Boise, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Midwifes Tale, Author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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Kenton Bird

Associate Professor, Journalism/Mass Media and American Studies
Moscow, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Blue Latititudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz

Recommended Movie/TV Title: Enjoys watching British crime fiction and doesn’t miss an episode of GrantchesterShetland or Endeavour

Eve Chandler

Eve Chandler

History Writer and Author
Boise, ID

Recommended Book Title: James Castle: Memory Palace by John Beardsley

Recommended Movie/TV Title: Benjamin Franklin, PBS series by Ken Burns

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Dan English

Coeur d'Alene City Councilmen
Retired, Library Clerk, North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, ID

Recommended Book Title: Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian

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Andrew Finstuen

Andrew Finstuen

Associate Vice President for Strategic Planning and Dean of the Honors College
Boise State University
Boise, ID

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Stephan Flores

Retired, Associate Professor of English, Emeritus
University of Idaho
Enrolled member, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa; Alaska Native, Tsimshian
Moscow, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, by Bob Odenkirk; My Heart Is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham; A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

Recommended Movie/TV Title:  Alaskan NetsDark WindsFirst ReformedSummer of Soul

Susan Gibson

Susan Gibson

Retired, Vice President, Mission and Human Resources
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Boise, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Nothing to See Here,
Author Kevin Wilson

Recommended Movie/TV Title:  Jo Jo Rabbit

Photographer: Pox Young; Indigenous Creatives

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Contractor and Faculty
Nez Perce Tribe & Northwest Indian College
Lewiston, ID

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Margaret Johnson

Margaret Johnson

Professor of English
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Mortal Acts, Mortal Words, Author Galway Kinnell, and Find Me, Author André Aciman

Recommended Movie/TV Title:  Pain & Glory

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Matthew Levay

Associate Professor of English
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Recommended Movie/TV Title:  TV Titles:  In the Mood For Love, directed by Wong Kar-wai; The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion

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Bill Manny

Writer/Producer
Idaho Public Television
Boise, ID

Recommended Book Title:  Making a State, Author Fred T. Dubois

Recommended Movie/TV Title:  Idaho's Constitution Revealed, Idaho PTV 3/8/2020

Monique-Michel

Monique Michel

Teacher, 9th Grade Advisor, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Foothills School of Arts and Sciences, Director and Owner of Ballet Folklorico Mexico Lindo
Boise, ID

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Christina Olson

Christina Olson

Principle
Kerros Cultural Resource Management
Idaho Falls, ID

Recommended Book Title: West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 (Claudio Saunt)

Recommended Movie/TV Title:  The Shape of Water

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Randy’L Teton

USDA Tribal Communications Specialist
Member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation
Blackfoot, ID

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Recommended Movie/TV Title:  Reservation Dogs
(written & produced by a Native American film producer)
via Hulu

Blair Williams

Blair Williams

Owner, The Art Spirit Gallery
Coeur d'Alene, ID

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