Rebecca Tsosie

JD

Tribal Affiliation: Yaqui

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

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.

CURRICULUM VITAE

SSRN PUBLISHED PAPERS

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