Profile

Educational background and Career Experience

• PhD in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies with a graduate minor in Queer Studies;  Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ethnic Studies, Queer Studies); Bachelor of Science in Anthropology and Bachelor of Science in Ethnic Studies, Oregon State University.
• Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies, Oregon State University.
• Prior: Center Director of the Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws, Oregon State University.
• Prior: College Advising & Scholarship Coordinator, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.

Community Involvement

Heart of the Valley Corvallis Area Alumnae Chapter (Gamma Alpha Omega), NAACP Linn-Benton Branch, MMIW advocate, Girl Scouts, Climate Justice.

Family

Three children

Hobbies and Special Interests

Spending time by the river, community service, beading, writing, Indigenous cultural events