Advancing Knowledge
The first doctoral degree was awarded in Paris
circa 1150. By 1652, the doctorate of philosophy in Germany began to serve as teaching credentials.
The first doctorate was conferred in the United States in 1861 by Yale University followed by Harvard University.
Today, PhD scholars are among the 1%
of global intellectual society
and work in all areas of expertise.
The purpose of earning a doctorate is to contribute original knowledge in ways that advance society
and the minds of future generations.
Advancing society also requires advancing academe and those in authority at universities.
Scholars in the forefront of intellectual shifts
may encounter resistance to their work
from inside academia.
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Violence against the Body
Violence against living bodies and posthumous treatment of Indigenous dead
is Janna LM Rogers original contribution to the field of history and specifically the subfield of Oklahoma history. She is the first of her cohorts to focus on this topic including its relationship to the U.S. Army Museum in D.C. Janna asserts that her contribution to the field of local history demonstrates this topic can be applied to deepen any state, regional, or tribal history.
Janna began raising awareness on this topic after founding the Oklahoma Native American Network (ONAN) in the 1990s; prior to her work on the topic as an academic scholar from 2015 to present. Her work fills the historiographical gap of violence against Indigenous peoples in the United States. Her research, as a local history, inspired her cohorts and others to lean into this area of research.
As founder of ONAN and as a media professional in the late 1990s, Janna drilled down on the mistreatment of the Indigenous body during her address before the Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission, under the Mayor Susan Savage administration.
At the invitation of Monetta Trepp† Janna spoke before the commission specifically addressing her research on police brutality and racism against Native American people in the Tulsa area. The impact of her work resulted in an investigation by Amnesty International.
Janna's ongoing research and focus on experiences of the body led to her master's thesis and grew into her doctoral dissertation. Her passion for amplifying this history traces to decades of research, professional involvements, personal commitments, and generational epistemology.
In keeping with Indigenous methodologies, Janna’s dissertation shares her personal connection to the research topic and a lifelong commitment to including the deceased in daily discourse and in scholarly narratives. Her Grandmother, Tink, taught her the importance of protecting the deceased since childhood. Janna carries this tradition forward as a scholar in her research and writings.
Abridged Bio
Disclaimer
Janna "Doc" Rogers is an academically trained historian and a public historian who works within and outside of the university setting. As a professional historian Janna is founder of ONAN Cross-Cultural Forums. She is founder and benefactor of "Bennett Beautification," a rural cemetery rehabilitation project. She also she sits on the editorial board of the International Journal of Comparative Psychology (IJCP).
In 2019, Janna’s Master's thesis, Decolonizing Cherokee History 1790-1830s: American Indian Holocaust, Genocidal Resistance, and Survival, interprets Cherokee assimilation and forced removal as ethnic cleansing within the lens of Genocide and Holocaust Studies. Her research is supported by the 10 Stages of Genocide and the definition of genocide according to the Geneva Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Janna supported her master's argument with the ratification or accession by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) on December 9, 1948 (entered into force on January 12, 1951 in accordance with article XIII).
Although the manuscript for her master's thesis did received some resistance from junior academics she embraced their critique as inspiration. Her master’s research has found a place in the forefront of this original argument and is being utilized by academics and research organizations worldwide.
Janna's contribution to the historiography with her master's thesis offers a specific Native nation as a paradigm for comparative Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Janna LM Rogers owns the copyright to her master's thesis.
She has embargoed the manuscript due to digital errors that occurred when uploading to ProQuest. ProQuest states
that metadata errors can occur when a PDF is converted to XML and for other reasons. ProQuest assured when spelling errors, format changes, or other errors occur during uploading they award the author of the manuscript permission to correct errors.
However, after repeated attempts to communicate this to Oklahoma State University; Janna has been forbade from making corrections to her manuscript. For this reason she had to embargoed her research.