Brenda Farnell is a British-American anthropologist and Professor of American Indian Studies and Anthropology at the University of Illinois.
[1] She has collaborated with individuals in her field such as Robert Wood,[4] Tim Ingold, Charles R. Varela,[5] Dixie Durr, and Drid Williams.
[1] In 2011, Farnell became a member of the Indigenous Knowledge, Contemporary Performance research and creation project at the University of Guelph.
[8] In 2002, she received a position as Research Associate as the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Centre for Advanced Study.
[3] In 1996, Farnell won the Haozous Award in New Technologies at the Native Americas International Film Festival for her interactive, multimedia ethnography Wiyuta: Assiniboine Storytelling with Signs.