About Our Faculty

Native American & Indigenous Studies

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

Alaska Native (Iñupiaq/Aleut) Naknek Native Village

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