Great Plains Fellows: Native American Studies and Ethnic Studies

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NameTitleInstitutionSpecialty
Matt BokovoySenior Acquisitions Editor, University PressUNLIndigenous studies, borderlands history
Mary Bordeaux (Sicangu Oglala Lakota)Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies and co-director of Racing MagpieBlack Hills State UniversityLakota Epistemology, Lakota arts, women's creativity, and community focused practices in Native arts and museums.
Richard BreauxAssociate Professor, Race/Gender/Sexuality StudiesUniversity of Wisconsin-La CrosseAfrican American history, education history, black education
Gabriel BruguierEducation and Outreach Coordinator, Mid-America Transportation CenterUNLPhilosophy, Native American philosophy, Native American student success
Cory DeRoinCoordinatorWalking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors projectEnvironmental knowledge, food sovereignty, Otoe-Missouria relations
Brady DeSantiAssociate Professor, Religious Studies, Director of Native American StudiesUNONative American religious traditions, religion and popular culture, Native American history
Cristián Doña-RevecoAssociate Prof., Sociology & Anthropology, Director, Office of Latino/Latin American StudiesUNOLatin American migrations, social dimensions of immigration
Kalenda EatonAssociate Professor, The Clara Luper Department of African & African American StudiesUniversity of OklahomaBlack American West, African American literature, Women’s Studies, Africana Studies
Walter Echo-HawkAttorney and Historian, PawneeOklahomaNative American history and law, indigenous art and culture, environment
Nancy Engen-WedinLecturer, TLTE; Program Manager, Lied Center for Performing Arts; Coordinator, Indigenous Roots Teacher Education Program, College of Education and Human SciencesUNLEducation, Indigenous issues and education, arts and curriculum
James GarzaAssociate Professor, History, Ethnic StudiesUNLChicano/a, Latin America, Mexico
Susana Grajales GeligaLakota/Taino, Assistant Professor, History and Native American StudiesUNOGreat Plains Studies, Lakota language, Native American women, construction of Native American identities in the early twentieth century
Christina Faw Faw GoodsonCo-directorWalking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors projectCultural linguistics, language revitalization, history
Carlton Shield Chief Gover (Pawnee Nation)Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Assistant Curator of ArchaeologyUniversity of KansasIndigenous archaeology, decolonial anthropology, community-based research, ethnogenesis, identity, migration, plains town formation, introduction of horses
Ramón GuerraAssociate Professor, English; Editor, Great Plains QuarterlyUNOChicano/a literature, Latino/a literature, postmodernism
Angel HinzoAssistant Professor, History and Ethnic StudiesUNLHistory and federal Indian policy from mid-19th century to the present
LeAnne HoweEidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature, Department of EnglishUniversity of GeorgiaAmerican Indian Literature, theater
Margaret HeuttlProgram Director, Indigenous StudiesUniversity of Wisconsin-OshkoshNative American history, history of the American West
Regina IdoateAssistant Professor, Department of Health PromotionUNMCMedial humanities, Indigenous health sovereignty, community health improvement
Leo KillsbackAssociate Professor, Native American Studies, Northern Cheyenne NationMontana State UniversityIndigenous governance, traditional law, sovereignty, treaty rights
Wynema MorrisAdjunct Professor, Native American Studies, Omaha TribeNebraska Indian Community CollegeOmaha Peoples, traditions of song, dance, social and political structures
Laura K. MuñozAssistant Professor, History & Ethnic StudiesUNLMexican American, Chicanx and Latinx communities in the U.S. with an emphasis on race, gender and education in the American West
Sarah NelsonAssistant Professor, Geography, Affiliate of Medical Humanities, Native American StudiesUNOOral ways of knowing, aging in Indigenous communities, cultural safety in health care
Paula PalmerCo-DirectorToward Right Relationship with Native Peoples, Friends Peace TeamsEducation and advocacy for Indigenous peoples' rights, racial and environmental justice
Akim ReinhardtProfessor, HistoryTowson UniversityNative American history, Plains history, and regional political developments
Beth RitterAssociate Professor, Anthropology & Native American StudiesUNOContemporary Native American issues, federal Indian policy
Shirley SneveExecutive Director of Native American Public TelecommunicationsAmericans for the ArtsNative American film
Liahnna StanleyAssistant Professor, Communications and Ethnic StudiesUNLRhetoric and cultural studies, literary criticism, speculative fiction, Indigenous sovereignty and critical theory
Kristine SudbeckAcademic DeanNebraska Indian Community CollegeNative American history
Edward ValandraFounderCommunity for the Advancement of Native StudiesNative and cultural studies, Lakota-Euroamerican relations
Cynthia Willis-EsquedaAssociate Professor, Psychology, Ethnic StudiesUNLRace and ethnic bias, Native American populations