Profiles in "Decolonization" Expertise Area

  • Huntington specializes in continental philosophy, avidly engages in comparative (East-West) philosophy with an emphasis on Buddhism, and aims to globalize as well as decolonize philosophy.
  • Vicenti Carpio is a citizen of the Jicarilla Apache Nation and of Laguna and Isleta Pueblo heritage. Current projects explore institutional intersections of Japanese Internment and American Indian urban relocation policy.
  • Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez is a Chicana scholar whose research focuses on place studies, rural communities, and the legacies of colonialism in Chicanx and Indigenous literature and culture.
  • Dutta studies creative ways to address development, health and social disparity issues.
  • Cuya Gavilano's areas of specialization are Andean Studies, Migration, Transnationalism, Contemporary Latin American film and literature, and cultural studies. For more info, see CV here: http://lorenacuya.org/new-page
  • Iveta Silova is Professor and Associate Dean of Global Engagement at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at ASU. She holds a Ph.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.
  • 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.