Professor, Political Science & Public Policy
Anne Flaherty’s research focuses on indigenous peoples’ politics, primarily Native nations in the United States. Her publications include research on media and political perceptions of Indian gaming, issues of race and citizenship in the Cherokee nation, and intergovernmental conflict and cooperation between states and Native nations over jurisdiction for taxation. Forthcoming work explores the role of presidential attention and rhetoric in shaping outcomes for federal Indian policy.
Books:
Flaherty, Anne F. Boxberger. 2017. States, American Indian Nations, and Intergovernmental Politics: Sovereignty, Conflict, and the Uncertainty of Taxes. New York, New York: Routledge (Taylor and Francis). https://www.routledge.com/9781138666276
Recent Articles:
Pruett, Laura Moore and Anne Boxberger Flaherty. 2018. “Trax in the Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Classroom.” American Music, 35 (4): 531-536.
Flaherty, Anne F. Boxberger. 2016. “Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights and Justice in Botswana” Indigenous Policy Journal. 27 (1).
Flaherty, Anne F. Boxberger and Carly Hayden Foster. 2015. “Gateway to Equality: University Women, Race, and Civil Rights in St. Louis, 1940-1960.” Women’s History Review. 24 (2): 191-214.
Jack Boyce, chair of Merrimack College’s Board of Trustees and member of the Class of 1981, and Father Nicholas A. Sannella, J.D., M.D., will be recognized on Friday, May 19, during the College’s Baccalaureate Mass and Conferral of Degrees ceremony.