Faculty and Staff – American Indian and Indigenous Studies

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	Daniel B. Ahlquist	517-353-9395	dba3@msu.edu	Affiliate Faculty
	Kristin Arola		arola@msu.edu	Associate Professor Gillmor Endowed Professor in Professional and Public Writing Director, AIIS
	Delaney Atkinson	517-355-0366	atkin148@msu.edu	Office Operations
	Stephanie Chau		chaus@msu.edu	Assistant Director for Undergraduate Diversity	College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
	Sheila Contreras	517-884-4433	sheilac@msu.edu	Associate Professor	Department of English
	Amanda Flaim	517-432-1282	flaim@msu.edu	Affiliate Faculty
	Kathryn E. Fort		fort@law.msu.edu	Director of Clinics, Director of Indian Law Clinic, Academic Specialist	College of Law
	Joy Franks	517-355-4492	franksj@msu.edu	Finance
	Danielle Gartner		gartnerd@msu.edu	Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
	Stephen Gasteyer	517-355-3505	gasteyer@msu.edu	Associate Professor	Department of Sociology
	Gordon Henry	517-884-4427	henryg@msu.edu	Professor Leslie Endowed Chair in Literary Studies, American Indian and Indigenous Studies	Department of English
	Rhonda Hibbitt		hibbitt@msu.edu	Academic Operations
	Ashley Housler	(517) 355-7575	housler@msu.edu	Human Resources
	Heather Howard	517-353-4600	howardh@msu.edu	Associate Professor	Department of Anthropology
	Kevin Leonard		leonard1@msu.edu	Interim Director of the Native American Institute
	Elizabeth Guerrero Lyons		guerre21@msu.edu	Associate Director for Leadership in Rural Medicine, Assistant Professor	College of Human Medicine
	Ellie Mitchell		mitch489@msu.edu	Community Outreach Liaison	Center for Language Teaching Advancement
	Mindy Morgan	517-353-6723	morgan37@msu.edu	Associate Professor	Department of Anthropology
	Blaire Morseau		morseaub@msu.edu	Assistant Professor 1855 Professor of Great Lakes Anishinaabe Knowledge, Spiritualities, and Cultural Practices
	John Norder		norder@msu.edu	Associate Professor	Department of Anthropology
	Nakia Parker		parke492@msu.edu	Assistant Professor	Department of History
	Elan Holt Pochedley		pochedle@msu.edu	Assistant Professor 1855 Professor of Great Lakes Anishinaabe Knowledge, Spiritualities, and Cultural Practices
	Malea Powell		powell37@msu.edu	Professor Graduate Faculty Editor	American Indian Studies Program; College Composition & Communication
	Emily Proctor	231-439-8927	proctor8@msu.edu	Tribal Governance and Leadership and Community Engagement	Emmet County Extension Office
	Rocío Quispe Agnoli	(517) 884-6315	quispeag@msu.edu	William J. Beal Distinguished Professor of Hispanic Studies	Spanish
	Cameron Roman		romancam@msu.edu	Fellow
	Elena Ruíz		ruizele1@msu.edu	Institute Director & Associate Professor	Structural Justice; Gender-based Violence
	Angela Jean Sanchez		asanchez@msu.edu
	Christopher Scales	517-884-6000	scalesch@msu.edu	Associate Professor	Department of History
	Diana Shank		shankd@msu.edu	Office Operations
	Wenona T. Singel	517-432-6915	singel@law.msu.edu	Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center, Associate Professor	College of Law
	Susan Sleeper-Smith	517-884-4955	sleepers@msu.edu	Professor	History
	Laura Smith	(517) 355-0002	smit1550@msu.edu	Associate Professor	Art History & Visual Culture
	Emily A. Sorroche		sorroche@msu.edu	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Associate Director	College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
	J. Estrella Torrez		torrezjs@msu.edu	Associate Professor	Residential College in the Arts and Humanities