Profiles in "American Indian Education" Expertise Area

  • Steven Semken is an ethnogeologist and geoscience-education researcher whose interests include place-based geoscience education, interpretation, virtual and online education, geoheritage, and geology of the Southwest.
  • Tachine's service and scholarly work have been recognized by U.S. President Barack Obama as a Champion of Change and the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation.
  • Turquoise, MSW (Salish/Blackfeet), Project Coordinator at the ASU SSW Office of American Indian Projects, builds tribal capacity and creates culturally safe spaces and trauma-informed approaches to support Native Americans.
  • Michael Little Crow is an Indigenous Math Educator from the Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe-Cree people.
  • Melissa Nelson, professor of Indigenous sustainability, researches biocultural heritage and environmental justice, intercultural solidarity, and the renewal and celebration of community health and cultural arts.