Faculty
The expertise of American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS) faculty spans multiple fields, including anthropology, archaeology, art, art history, fiber science, history, literature, law, and natural resources, enabling students to develop programs that address their specific interests. Faculty with specific research expertise in Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) studies and Indigenous issues globally further broaden opportunities for study.
Program Faculty

Associate Professor, The Department of Literatures in English

Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters

International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies

Associate Professor, American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program
Program Director, American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program

Associate Professor, The History of Art and Visual Studies
Affiliate Faculty

Cornell Provost’s New Faculty Fellow and Incoming Assistant Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics

Research Associate, Department of Linguistics and American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program

Provost’s Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow (incoming Assistant Professor, fall 2023), Natural Resources and the Environment

Gayogo̱hó:nǫʔ/Cayuga language teacher, Department of Linguistics

Visiting Professor, Cornell Law
Retired Faculty
In Memoriam

In Memoriam | Billie Jean Isbell | 1937-2021

In Memoriam | Carol Warrior | 1962 - 2018
Ninilchik Village Tribe and of Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Dena’ina Athabascan and A’aniiih (Gros Ventre) descent.