Noteworthy: Editor of the recently released book "Native Acts: Indian Performance, 1603-1832," a collection of essays that forms a broad chronicle of performances by North America natives in the colonial era
Age: 47
Residence: Regent Square
Family: Wife, Christine Saitz; children, Lilly, 13, and Jonah, 8
Occupation: Writer; professor of English, La Roche College
Education: Bachelor's degree in English, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1987; doctorate in English, University of Pennsylvania, 1995
Quote: "I find Native cultures, what I know of them, to be very diverse and fascinating in and of themselves. I find perseverance in the face of incalculable odds to be noteworthy."

