About Our Faculty
NAIS Department

Sisseton and Wahpeton Dakota, Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Reservation

Expertise

• 19th and 20th century Native American history
• Indigenous Women’s history
• Native American oral and written traditions
• Native American religions and spirituality
• History of tribal museums and indigenous cultural centers
• Fort Lewis Indian school
• Fort Lewis College Tuition Waiver
• Racial discourse and public spaces

Education

• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2008
• M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2004
• B.A., Washington State University, 2002

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

Areas of expertise

• Indigenous feminisms
• Women of color feminisms
• Indigenous sexual decolonization

Education

• Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2019
• Certificate in College Teaching, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 2018
• M.A. Indigenous Governance, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2012
• M.A. International Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 2007
• B.A. International Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 2004

Alaska Native (Iñupiaq/Aleut) Naknek Native Village

Areas of expertise

• 19th and 20th century Native American history
• Indigenous Women’s history
• Oral history
• Alaska Native history
• Indigenous Food Sovereignty
• Public History

Education

• Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2019
• M.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2015
• B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013

Areas of expertise:

• Indigenous Literatures
• Indigenous Popular Culture, Television, and Film
• Lakota Landscapes and Language
• Trans-Indigenous Literature
• Contemporary American Literature
• Environmental Studies

Education:

• PhD      English, University of South Dakota, 2016 
• MA       English, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 2000  
• BA        English, Truman State University, 1996  

Areas of expertise: 

• Navajo Historic Preservation
• Navajo and Federal Indian Boarding Schools
• Navajo Cultural History
• Indigenous Archaeology
• Contemporary Native American Music

Education: 

• BA Anthropology, Dartmouth College 1990
• MA Sociocultural Anthropology, Northern Arizona University 2002
• PhD Anthropology (with an emphasis in Archaeology) & PhD Minor in Native American Indigenous Studies, Indiana University 2019