People
Leadership

Scott Manning Stevens [Akwesasne Mohawk]
Associate Professor, Director - Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice, Director - Native American and Indigenous Studies
scsteven@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.8785

Kishi Animashaun Ducre
Associate Professor, Assistant Director - Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice
kanimash@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.9354
Affiliated Faculty

Percy Abrams [Onondaga Nation]
Assistant Teaching Professor
pwabrams@syr.edu
Philip P. Arnold
Professor
pparnold@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.3861

Hayley Marama Cavino [Ngāti Whitikaupeka, Ngāti Pūkenga (Maori), Aotearoa/New Zealand]
Part-Time Instructor, A&S Curriculum and Instruction
hcavino@syr.edu
Melissa Chipman
Assistant Professor: Arctic Paleoecology & Paleoclimate
mlchipma@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.2489

PJ DiPietro
Associate Professor
pjdipiet@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.3707

Mariaelena Huambachano [Quechua, Peru]
Assistant Professor
mhuambac@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.3861

Robin Kimmerer [Citizen Potawatomi Nation]
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Environmental and Forest Biology
rkimmer@esf.comPhone: 315.470.6785

Heather Law Pezzarossi
Assistant Professor
hblaw100@syr.edu
Aaron Luedtke [Suquamish descent]
Assistant Professor, History
akluedtk@syr.edu
Ethan Madarieta
Assistant Professor
ermadari@syr.edu
Dana M. Olwan
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
dmolwan@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.3707

Guido Pezzarossi
Associate Professor and Interim Director of Native American and Indigenous Studies
gpezzaro@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.1359

Chie Sakakibara [Ryūkyūan descent, Japan]
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment
csakakib@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.3679

Michelle D. Schenandoah
Adjunct Professor, College of Law
mischena@syr.edu
Sascha Scott
Associate Professor
sscott04@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.5033

Adam Singerman
Assistant Professor, Native American Linguistics
asingerm@syr.edu
Scott Manning Stevens [Akwesasne Mohawk]
Associate Professor, Director - Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice, Director - Native American and Indigenous Studies
scsteven@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.8785

Sally Roesch Wagner
Part Time Instructor, Honors Program
srwagner@syr.eduMellon Postdoctoral Fellows

Pamela Spalding
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow

Margaux L. Kristjansson
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Staff

Shavon Thomas
Administrative Specialist
scthom01@syr.edu