Core Faculty
Dr. Karletta Chief
Director, Indigenous Resilience Center
Professor & Extension Specialist, Department of Environmental Science
Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson
Assistant Professor at the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Associate Faculty, Indigenous Resilience Center
Dr. Cherie De Vore
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona
Pronouns:
She, Her, Hers
Affiliated Faculty
Christina Bell Andrews
Executive Director, Wassaja Carlos Montezuma Center for Native American Health
Vicky Karanikola
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Stephanie Russo Carroll
Associate Professor, Public Health and American Indian Studies Graduate Program
Affiliate Faculty, College of Law
Associate Research Professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and its Native Nations Institute
Director, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance
Administrative Staff
Christina Urbina Gargus
Grant & Project Coordinator, Indigenous Resilience Center
Student Staff
Winona Little Owl-Ignacio
Waverley Student Assistant, Indigenous Resilience Center
Trinity Norris
Marketing/Communication Graduate Student Assistant, Indigenous Resilience Center
Pronouns:
She/Her
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Theodore (Ted) Jojola
April 2023
Director, Distinguished + Regents' Professor, Indigenous Design + Planning Institute, The University of New Mexico
Dr. Melissa Arcand
Fall 2022
Associate Professor, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan
Joseph Brewer II
Spring 2025
Professor, Environmental Studies & Indigenous Studies, University of Kansas
Otakuye Conroy-Ben
Spring 2025
Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, ASU
Past Team Members
Wilzave Quiles-Guzmán
Graduate Research Assistant, Indigenous Resilience Center
Jevon Armani Smith
Student Administrative Assistant, Indigenous Resilience Center
Derrick Gonzales
Pronouns:
He/Him
