Faculty of American Indian and Indigenous Studies
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 academic discovery.
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Program Faculty
Associate Professor, American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program
Program Director, American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program
Professor, Anthropology
Associate Professor, The History of Art and Visual Studies
Teaching Faculty
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
Retired Faculty
Senior Lecturer and Curator of the Anthropology Collections
Graduate Professor
Past Faculty in Native American/American Indian and Indigenous Studies
Dr. Milton Barnett
Dr. Chuck Geisler
Dr. Billie Jean Isbell
Dr. Richard Metcalf
Dr. Kathryn Shanley (Enrolled Nakoda)
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.
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