Rebecca Tsosie
Tribal Affiliation
Yaqui
Rebecca Tsosie is a Regents Professor at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. Professor Tsosie, who is of Yaqui descent, is a faculty member for the Indigenous Peoples’ Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona, and she is widely known for her work in the fields of Federal Indian law and indigenous peoples’ human rights. Prior to joining the UA faculty, Professor Tsosie was a Regents' Professor and Vice Provost for Inclusion and Community Engagement at Arizona State University. Professor Tsosie was the first faculty Executive Director for ASU’s Indian Legal Program and served in that position for 15 years. Professor Tsosie has published widely on sovereignty, self-determination, cultural pluralism, environmental policy and cultural rights. She teaches in the areas of Federal Indian Law, Property, Constitutional Law, Critical Race Theory, and Cultural Resources Law. Professor Tsosie is a member of the Arizona Bar Association and the California Bar Association. Professor Tsosie serves as a Supreme Court Justice for the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and as an Associate Judge on the San Carlos Tribal Court of Appeals. She received her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Selected Publications
- American Indian Law: Native Nations and the Federal System (7th ed. 2015) (co-author, with Carole E. Goldberg, Robert N. Clinton, & Angela R. Riley).
- Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: Comparative Models of Sovereignty, in Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies 79 (Randall S. Abate & Elizabeth Ann Kronk eds., 2013).
- Indigenous Human Rights and the Ethics of Remediation: Redressing the Legacy of Radioactive Contamination for Native Peoples and Native Lands, 13 Santa Clara J. Int'l L. 203 (2015).
- Complete List of Publications
Education
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship University of California, Los Angeles
1993
J.D. UCLA School of Law
1990
B.A. University of California, Las Angeles
1987
Admitted to Practice
- Arizona
- California
Work Experience
Regents Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program
James E. Rogers College of Law; The University of Arizona
2020 - present
Regents Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program; Special Advisor to the Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
James E. Rogers College of Law; The University of Arizona
2017 - 2020
Regents Professor of Law; Special Advisor to the Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
James E. Rogers College of Law; The University of Arizona
2016 - 2017
Vice-Provost for Inclusion and Community Engagement
Office of the University Provost, Arizona State University
2015 - 2016
Regents' Professor of Law
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
2013 - 2016
Distinguished Sustainability Scientist
Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University
2014 - 2016
Associate Vice Provost for Academic Excellence and Inclusion
Office of the University Provost, Arizona State University
2014 - 2015
Faculty Affiliate, Center on the Future of War,
School of Politics and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Arizona State University
2011 - 2014
Faculty Affiliate, Faculty of Philosophy
School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Arizona State University
2011 - 2014
Senior Sustainability Scientist
Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University
2011 - 2014
William H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
2005 - 2013
Professor of Law
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
1998 - 2013
Executive Director, Indian Legal Program
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
1996 - 2011
Lincoln Professor of Native American Law & Ethics
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
1994 - 1998
Associate Professor of Law
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
1994 - 1998
Visiting Professor of Law
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
1993 - 1994
Associate Attorney
Brown & Bain, P.A., Phoenix, Arizona
1991 - 1994
Law Clerk to the Honorable Stanley G. Feldman, Vice Chief Justice
Arizona Supreme Court, Phoenix, Arizona
1990 - 1991
Degrees
- JD