1. Faculty & Staff
Arizona Native American Faculty Tribal Scholars

Alberta A. Arviso
PhD

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Veterinary Medicine

aarviso@arizona.edu
520-626-9087

Tommy K. Begay
PhD, MPH

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine

tommyb@email.arizona.edu

Stephanie Russo Carroll
DrPH, MPH

Ahtna (Native Village of Kluti-Kaah)

Assistant Professor, Community, Environment & Policy Department

Assistant Research Professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy (UC)

Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies Graduate Interdisciplinary Program

Associate Director, Native Nations Institute (NNI)

stephaniecarroll@arizona.edu
520-626-4393

Karletta Chief
PhD

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Professor & Extension Specialist, Environmental Science

Director, Indigenous Resilience Center

Associate Professor, Environmental Physics/Hydrology

Associate Professor, American Indian Studies

Associate Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP

Associate Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP

Chair, Indigenous Food / Energy / Water Systems - GIDP

Associate Professor, Public Health

Project Director - CCASS and Haury Native Nations Climate Adaptation Program

kchief@email.arizona.edu
520-626-5598

Felina M. Cordova-Marks
DrPH, MPH

Hopi Tribe of Arizona

Assistant Professor, Health Promotion Sciences

felina@arizona.edu

Andrew Curley
PhD

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Assistant Professor, School of Geography, Development & Environment

apcurley@email.arizona.edu
520-621-9407

Tessa L. Dysart
JD

Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Assistant Director of Legal Writing & Clinical Professor of Law

tdysart@email.arizona.edu
520-626-3698

Jennifer Erdrich
MD, MPH

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Assistant Professor, Surgery

jerdrich@surgery.arizona.edu
520-626-6788

Torivio A. Fodder
JD, SJD

Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico

Indigenous Governance Program Manager; Part-time Professor of Practice

taf05@arizona.edu
520-621-3093

Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox
PhD

Comanche Nation, Oklahoma

Professor and Research Social Scientist, American Indian Studies

foxm@email.arizona.edu
520-626-4242

Karen Francis-Begay
PhD

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Assistant Vice Provost, Native American Initiatives

kfbegay@arizona.edu
520-621-0964

Francine C. Gachupin
PhD, MPH

Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico

Associate Professor, American Indian Studies

Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine

Associate Professor, Public Health

fcgachupin@email.arizona.edu
520-621-5072

Jeremy Garcia
PhD

Hopi Tribe of Arizona

Assistant Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies

Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP

garciaj3@arizona.edu
520-626-5690

Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert
PhD

Hopi Tribe of Arizona

Professor and Head of the Department of American Indian Studies.

sakiestewa@email.arizona.edu

Timian M Godfrey
DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing

timiangodfrey@arizona.edu
520-626-6154

Reid Gómez
PhD

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Assistant Professor, Gender & Women's Studies

reidgomez@email.arizona.edu
520-621-7338

Patrisia Gonzales
PhD

Kickapoo Tribe

Associate Professor, Mexican American Studies

pgonza@email.arizona.edu
520-626-0408

Carlos Gonzales
MD, FAAFP

Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona

Assistant Dean, Curricular Affairs

Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)

Director, Rural Health Professions Program & Commitment to Underserved People Program

elprofcg@email.arizona.edu
520-626-0500

Danielle Hiraldo
PhD, MPA

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

Senior Researcher and Tribal Outreach Specialist, Native Nations Institute

hiraldo@arizona.edu
520-626-6335

James C. Hopkins
LLM

Algonquin/Metis - Quebec

Associate Clinical Professor, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program; Affiliated Professor of American Indian Studies & Latin American Studies

hopkinsj@email.arizona.edu
520-621-7669
Dr. Jennie Joe

Jennie Joe
PhD, MPH

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Professor Emerita, Family and Community Medicine

Interim Executive Co-Director, Native American Research and Training Center

jrjoe@email.arizona.edu
520-621-5076

Kelsey Dayle John
PhD

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Assistant Professor with joint appointment in Gender and Women's Studies and American Indian Studies

kdjohn@email.arizona.edu
4057-142-316

Michael Kotutwa Johnson
PhD

Hopi Tribe of Arizona

Assistant Specialist-Indigenous Resiliency Center

kotutwa@arizona.edu
9-283-133-936

Edward A. Jolie
PhD

Oglala Lakota/Hodulgee Muscogee

Clara Lee Tanner Associate Professor of Anthropology (School of Anthropology) and Associate Curator of Ethnology (Arizona State Museum)

ejolie@arizona.edu
520-621-6276

Michelle Kahn-John
PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, GNP

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Clinical Associate Professor, Nursing

mkahnjohn@arizona.edu
520-626-4736

Jameson David Lopez
PhD

Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona

Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice

jamesondlopez@arizona.edu
520-626-4071

Bojan Louis
MFA

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies

bojanlouis@email.arizona.edu
520-621-1836

Jennifer R. Martin
MA

San Carlos Apache Tribe

Librarian, Arizona Health Sciences Library

Clinical Instructor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science

jenmartin@arizona.edu
520-626-3381

Melanie McKay-Cody
PhD

Cherokee Nation; Shawnee Tribe; Powhatan; Montauk Tribe

Assistant Professor, Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies

melaniecody@email.arizona.edu

Sheilah E Nicholas
PhD

Hopi Tribe of Arizona

Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies

Associate Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP

Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP

sheilahn@arizona.edu
520-626-9102

Valerie Shirley
PhD

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Assistant Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies

Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP

vshirley@arizona.edu
520-626-2232

Teshia G Solomon
PhD

Choctaw Nation

Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine

solomont@email.arizona.edu
520-626-1123

Jose Soto
PhD

Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment

jrs@email.arizona.edu
520-621-1054

Barb Stillwater
PhD, RN

Yurok

Researcher Scientist IV, Family and Community Medicine

bjstillwater@arizona.edu
907-230-2233

Ronald Trosper
PhD

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation Montana

Professor, American Indian Studies

rltrosper@email.arizona.edu
520-621-7108

Rebecca Tsosie
JD

Yaqui

Regents Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program; Chair of the Faculty Senate Committee on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

rebeccatsosie@email.arizona.edu
520-621-0121

Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
PhD

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Career Track Assistant Professor, Linguistics

alarusso@email.arizona.edu
520-626-9110

Heather Whiteman Runs Him
JD

Crow Tribe of Montana

Associate Clinical Professor; Director, Tribal Justice Clinic, Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program

whitemanrunshim@email.arizona.edu
520-626-9762
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Robert A. Williams, Jr.
JD

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

Regents Professor, E. Thomas Sullivan Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

lumbee@email.arizona.edu
520-621-5622

Monica Yellowhair
PhD

Diné (Navajo Nation)

Program Director; Outreach, Cancer Center

myellowhair@email.arizona.edu
520-834-7667

Ofelia Zepeda
PhD

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona

Regents' Professor: Tohono O'odham Language and Linguistics

ofelia@email.arizona.edu
520-621-8294