Native American Faculty Spotlights

Drawing from my upbringing in rural Arizona and my roles as a Professor, Associate Director of the School of Music, and President of the Native Faculty Association at the University of Arizona, I shared insights into my journey from rural life to the music industry and higher education.

McKay-Cody was born hearing and raised in southeastern Oklahoma. She became deaf at age 5 due to spinal meningitis, and her family moved to Sulphur, Oklahoma, to be near the Oklahoma School for the Deaf. About a month later, she was signing fluently in ASL.

What we've seen from tribal governments is that being able to work and connect with other entities internationally and connect over some of the same experiences has been beneficial," said principal investigator Stephanie Russo Carroll

Dr. De Vore is proud to be a new member of the Indigenous Resilience Center and looks forward to working with her community and many others in Arizona on environmental restoration research.

Stephanie Russo Carroll, associate director of the UArizona Native Nations Institute, encourages institutions to adopt policies and practices that recognize Indigenous Peoples' right to control data about their people, lands, and cultures.

University of Arizona Law Associate Clinical Professor and Tribal Justice Clinic Director Heather Whiteman Runs Him joined a coalition of Indian law professors and lawyers from the Native American Rights Fund to file an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Arizona v.

University of Arizona Regents Professor of Linguistics Ofelia Zepeda was awarded $50,000 for her poetry, written in O'odham and English, and called "one of the most compelling artists" in the nation

The WINGS Women of Discovery Awards were established in 2003 to recognize extraordinary women making significant contributions to world knowledge and science through exploration.

This year’s sessions will explain why and how race and CRT are being deployed in current legislative assaults on honest and inclusive education and what advocates need to understand about the disinformation campaign.

Jennifer Martin, a librarian in the Health Sciences Library and clinical instructor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, has been named to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Library Advisory Board.