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Affiliated Faculty

Note: This page is under construction. Bios and detailed information on the NAIS Affiliate Faculty listed below will be updated on this webpage by May 2026.

The Faculty Affiliates are tenure-track and professional-track members of the faculty who teach courses or conduct research relevant to Native American and Indigenous Studies and are committed to actively supporting the mission of NAIS.

If you would like to be considered for appointment as a Faculty Affiliate in the Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies, please fill out this form.

List of NAIS Faculty Affiliates

 Anthony K. Webster, Professor, Anthropology

Astrid Runggaldier, Associate Professor of Instruction, Art and Art History

Charles Koenig, Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Craig Campbell, Associate Professor, Anthropology

Danny Law, Associate Professor, Linguistics

David Stuart, Professor, Art History

Diane Papillion, Associate Professor of Instruction, Nutritional Sciences

Enrique R. Rodríguez-Alegría, Professor, Anthropology

Enzo Vasquez Toral, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance

Fred Valdez Jr., Professor, Anthropology

Irma Carolina Rubio, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Art and Art History

Iyaxel Cojti Ren, Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Jennifer Graber, Professor, History

Kelly McDonough, Professor, Spanish & Portuguese

Laurel Mei-Singh, Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment and Center for Asian American Studies

Lilia Raquel Rosas, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Mexican American & Latina/o Studies

Luis Cárcamo-Huechante, Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese

Luis Urrieta, Professor, Cirriculum & Instruction

Mallory E. Matsumoto, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies

Nicole Ramsey, Assistant Professor, Mexican American & Latina/o Studies

Paola Canova, Associate Professor, Anthropology

Rachel Wellhausen, Professor, Government

Pauline Strong, Professor, Anthropology

Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez, Assistant Professor, History

Sergio Romero, Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese and LLILAS

Will Wilson, Associate Professor, Art and Art History