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Alexia Kosmider | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Academic • documentary filmmaker • author |
| Known for | Scholarship on early Native American writers LGBTQ+ documentary filmmaking |
| Notable work | Tricky Tribal Discourse (1998) TransJourney (2014) |
| Awards | Audience Award, Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival (2015) James L. Seaver LGBTQ Screenplay Award (2019) |
Alexia Kosmider is an American academic and documentary filmmaker whose scholarship focuses on early 20th-century Native American literature and whose films explore LGBTQ+ experiences. She is the author of Tricky Tribal Discourse (1998), a book on Muscogee (Creek) writer Alexander Posey that was reviewed in academic journals.[1][2] As a filmmaker, her documentary TransJourney (2014) won the Audience Award at the Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival and was broadcast statewide on Rhode Island PBS.[3][4] She is a senior lecturer in the Literary Arts and Studies department at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[5]
Early life and education
[edit]Kosmider received her Bachelor of Arts from Miami University, two Master of Arts degrees from Brown University and the University of New Mexico, and a PhD in English and anthropology from the University of Rhode Island.[6]
Career
[edit]Kosmider is a senior lecturer at RISD, where she teaches courses in literary studies, queer studies, and documentary filmmaking.[7] She previously taught at the University of Rhode Island and served as a Fulbright scholar in Poland.[8]
Publications
[edit]Kosmider’s scholarship centers on early 20th-century Native American writers. Her book Tricky Tribal Discourse: The Poetry, Short Stories, and Fus Fixico Letters of Creek Writer Alex Posey was published in 1998 by the University of Idaho Press and reviewed in academic journals.[9][10] She has also published essays on Cherokee writer Ora Eddleman Reed and contributed to the anthology Native American Women’s Writing, c. 1800–1924 (2000).[11]
Filmmaking
[edit]Kosmider founded Shifting Visions Education Films Project, a nonprofit that produces documentaries on underrepresented communities.[12] Her notable films include:
- Not Your Mama’s Roller Derby (2009)
- Sappho’s Fire (2011), about older lesbians in New England
- TransJourney (2014), which premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, aired on Rhode Island PBS, and screened at multiple LGBTQ+ festivals[13][14]
Kosmider has also co-written the screenplays Small Steps in Black Birkenstocks (2018) and Milkwood Manor (2020) with Marianne Messina.
Awards and recognition
[edit]- Audience Award, Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival – TransJourney (2015)
- James L. Seaver LGBTQ Screenplay Award, Rhode Island International Film Festival – Small Steps in Black Birkenstocks (2019)[15]
- Romantic Comedy Award, Lonely Seal International Film Festival – Milkwood Manor (2022)
Personal life
[edit]Kosmider identifies as queer and lives in Providence, Rhode Island.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ Kosmider, Alexia (1998). Tricky Tribal Discourse: The Poetry, Short Stories, and Fus Fixico Letters of Creek Writer Alex Posey. University of Idaho Press. ISBN 978-0-89301-201-4.
- ^ Griffin, Gwen (1997). "Review of Tricky Tribal Discourse". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 9 (4). Project MUSE. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Director Alexia Kosmider Talks New Documentary TransJourney". HuffPost. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "doubleFEATURE - Alexia Kosmidor Interview". PBS. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Alexia Kosmider". Rhode Island School of Design. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Alexia Kosmider CV" (PDF). Rhode Island School of Design. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Alexia Kosmider". Rhode Island School of Design. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Alexia Kosmider". InterAlia: A Journal of Queer Studies. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ Kosmider, Alexia (1998). Tricky Tribal Discourse: The Poetry, Short Stories, and Fus Fixico Letters of Creek Writer Alex Posey. University of Idaho Press. ISBN 978-0-89301-201-4.
- ^ Griffin, Gwen (1997). "Review of Tricky Tribal Discourse". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 9 (4). Project MUSE. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ ""What the Curious Want to Know"". Scholarly Editing. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Alexia Kosmider, Ph.D: Director, Senior Lecturer at RISD & Executive Director of Shifting Visions Films Education Project Inc". The Native Society. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Rhode Island Film Fest: Next stop, another Oscar?". The Boston Globe. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "doubleFEATURE - Alexia Kosmidor Interview". PBS. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Kosmider Wins Screenplay Award". RISD Academic Affairs. 2017-11-01. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Director Alexia Kosmider Talks New Documentary TransJourney". HuffPost. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
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