Ro Moore

Rowan "Ro" Moore (he/him/his) is a Lakota/Tsalagi PhD student in the sociology program of the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics. His research interests are within Indigenous sociology at the crossroads of race/ethnic relations and digital/social media. His research focuses on Indigeneity and portrayals of Indigeneity in film while theorizing the nuanced experiences of Indigenous peoples regarding controlling images, the construction and destruction of the racialized self, and tropes of Indigenous peoples in film. Through his research, Rowan centers Indigenous scholars and Storyworkers while critically engaging with the contributions of Black and Brown scholars similarly displaced at the margins of the academy. In addition, Rowan examines identity formation of Indigenous Queer/Two Spirit peoples and their intersectional relationships with colonization, homophobia, and transphobia. Rowan is also a graduate teaching assistant in the Sanford School, where he enjoys engaging with students through liberating pedagogy. Additionally, Rowan serves as a graduate interviewer and coder on the Arizona Youth Identity Project, which is funded by the National Science Foundation and Russell Sage Foundation.