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Octaviana Trujillo, (Yaqui), Professor and Department Chair of Applied Indigenous Studies.  (B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University 1991) Native Language policy and literacy development, American Indian education.  NAU 2002.

 email: octaviana.trujillo@nau.edu

 

 

 

Lomayumtewa Ishii, (Hopi)  Ph.D., Assistant Professor (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 2001) Native American history and historiography, American West and borderlands. NAU 2004.

  email: lomayumtew.ishii@nau.edu

 

 

Leonardo Alvarado, (Mayan), Assistant Professor (B.A, Fort Lewis College; M.A., University Arizona; J.D., University of Arizona- Rogers College of Law; M.L., University of Arizona- Rogers College of Law 2006)  Indigenous peoples rights (U.S.,  Latin America, Inter-American Human Rights System) comparative international law and politics, comparative environmental law, interdisciplinary studies and research on indigenous peoples.  NAU 2006.

  email: leonardo.alvarado@nau.edu

 

Adjunct Faculty

Patrick Pynes, (Cherokee), Visiting Professor (B.A., Trinity University; M.A., Texas Tech; Ph.D., University of New Mexico 2000) Indigenous Environmental justice, Etnobotany, Literature, Writing, American Studies, Native American Studies, Environmental Studies and Southwest Studies. NAU 2000.

email: patrick.pynes@nau.edu

 

 

Gary P. Nabhan, Professor in Applied Indigenous Studies and Environmental Sciences, (B.A>, Prescott College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1983) Ethnobotany, pollinators, sustainable agriculture NAU 2000.                   

email: gary.nabhan@nau.edu

 

 

Catherine Elston, Part-Time instructor (B.A.,Washington State University; M.A. & Ph.D.; University of Texas at Austin)  Environmantla justice, Writing, Nature Studies, Multiculturalism and Biodiversity. NAU 2007.

email:catherine.elston@nau.edu

 

Affiliated Faculty

Thomas Alcoze, Ph.D., Professor (B.S., M.S., University of North Texas; Ph.D., Michigan State University 1981) Restoration, ecology, land-use practices of Native American nations in the Southwest.  NAU 1990.                         

email:thom.alcoze@nau.edu

 

 

Jeffery Berglund, Ph.D., Professor in English, Affiliated Faculty (B.A.,  Creighton University; M.A., Washington University; Ph.D., Ohio State University 1996) Native American literature, American literature.  NAU 1999.  

email: jeffery.berglund@nau.edu

 

 

Curtis "Kit" M. Hinsley Jr., Ph.D., Regents’ Professor in History (B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison 1976). U.S. intellectual and cultural history, history of anthropology.  NAU 1980.  

email:curtis.hinsley@nau.edu

 

Andrea Hunter, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, Affiliated Faculty, (B.A. University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D. University of Missouri 1992) Archaeology, paleoethnobotany, remote sensing, geographic information systems, subsistence strategies, indigenous cultural resource management, U.S. Midwest, U.S. Southwest.  NAU 1990. 

email: andrea.hunter@nau.edu

 

Doreen Martinez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Affiliated Faculty, (B.A., Mansfield University; M.S., West Virginia University; C.A.S., Ph.D.,  Syracuse University 2003) Race/ethnicity, gender, qualitative research, theory, indigenous women, and health/medicine.  NAU 2005 

email: doreen.martinez@nau.edu

 

Dean Howard Smith, (Mohawk) Ph.D., Associate Professor in Applied Indigenous Studies and Economics. (B.S., Clemson University; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University 1989). Economics, Native American economic development, spatial economics, mathematical economics, public economics, environmental economics, pricing strategies, energy policy. NAU 1989. www.cba.nau.edu

email: dean.smith@nau.edu

 

Michael Vasquez, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, Affiliated Faculty, (B.A. University of California- Berkeley; M.A., San Francisco State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California-Davis 1989) Applied anthropology, indigenous agriculture, cultural ecology, rural and agricultural development; North and Central America, U.S. Southwest.  NAU 1989. 

email: michael.vasquez@nau.edu

 

 

Resident Elders

Maybelle Little, (Navajo) Traditional Knowldege Scholar (B.S., Northern Arizona University 1989) Elementary and Mid-School level in bilingual education-emphasizing in Navajo Language, writing, Traditional ethnobothany.  She is also a lecturer for local educational institutions here in Flagstaff. NAU 2006.

 Email: maybelle.little@nau.edu

 

 

Bob Lomadafkie, (Hopi) Traditional Knowldege Scholar (B.S., Northern Arizona University 1972) Public Speaker, Teacher, Jeweler, and Designer.  Hopi Art and Community Service. NAU 2006.
 
Email: bob.lomadafkie@nau.edu

 

 

Marina Xoc Castillo de Vasquez, (Mayan) Traditional Knowldege Scholar (B.A., Northern Arizona University 1999) Bilingual-Multicultural Education in the local schools and community service programs. Master basket maker- specializing in traditional Pine needle baskets. NAU 2006.

Email: marina.vasquez@nau.edu

 

 

Staff

Laurie Balenquah,  (Hopi), Education Coordinator (B.S., HRM-NAU 1997;B.S.,Parks and Recreation Mgmt. NAU 1999 ).NAU 2007.

email: laurie.balenquah@nau.edu

Quen K. Bowman-Mtz, (Navajo), Administrative Assistant (A.A./Certificate, San Juan College 2000) Early Childhood- Secondary Education, English, Art History, Fine Arts, Theater, Design, Music, Business, Small Business Development and Financial Literacy. NAU 2005.
email:qkb2@nau.edu