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Lewis Borck.

Lewis Borck 
Associate Professor
Horizon Endowed Chair of
Native American History and Culture

NAS Graduate Liaison and Advisor

Copeland Hall 207
lsborck@ou.edu

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Mel Fillmore.

Mel Fillmore
Assistant Professor

Copeland Hall 235A
405-325-2312

melfillmore@ou.edu

 

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Laura Harjo

Laura Harjo

NAS Department Chair


Associate Professor
Endowed Coca-Cola Professor

Copeland Hall 240
405-325-2312
harjo@ou.edu

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Dr. Raina Heaton.

Raina Heaton
Associate Professor

Associate Curator
Native American Languages Collection - Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

 

Copeland Hall 203
405-325-2312
rainaheaton@ou.edu

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Dr. Farina King.

Farina King
Professor

Horizon Endowed Chair
of Native American Ecology and Culture

NAS Internship Coordinator

Copeland Hall, room 205
farinaking@ou.edu
405-325-2312


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Dustin Tahmahkera.

Dustin Tahmahkera
Professor

Wick Cary Endowed Chair
of Native American Cultural Studies

Copeland Hall 237
numu@ou.edu

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Schon Duncan
Instructor-Cherokee Language

Copeland Hall 336
405-325-2312

sduncan@ou.edu

Melanie Frye.

Melanie Frye
Instructor

Copeland Hall 332
405-325-2312
mfrye@ou.edu

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Freddie Lewis.

Freddie Lewis
Instructor

Copeland Hall 336
405-325-2312
flewis@ou.edu

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Dane Poolaw
Instructor

Copeland Hall 332
405-325-2312
dpoolaw@ou.edu

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Robert Collins

Instructor

 

robert.w.collins-1@ou.edu

 

Kelly Berry.

Kelly Berry

Lecturer
Mellon Impact Postdoctoral Fellow
2024-2025

 


kelly.d.berry-1@ou.edu
Copeland Hall 212

 

 

 

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Josh Clough
Lecturer
NAS 1013 Coordinator

Copeland Hall 336
405-325-2312
jjc@ou.edu

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Melisa Hight

NAS Administrative Finance Coordinator

Copeland Hall 236

405-325-2312 


Wenayv Yates

NAS Student Office Assistant

Copeland Hall Room 235

405-325-2312

wenayv.yates-1@ou.edu

Marwin Begaye

Marwin Begaye
Associate Professor of Printmaking and Painting

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Brian Burkhart

Brian Burkhart
Associate Professor of Philosophy

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Emily Burns

Director of the Charles M. Russell Center

Associate Professor of Art History

 

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Lisa Byers.

Lisa Byers
Associate Professor of Social Work

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Yve Chavez 
Assistant Professor of Native American Art History

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Alicia Harris

Alicia Harris 
Assistant Professor of Native American Art History

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Joanna Hearne.

Joanna Hearne

Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies

Jeanne Hoffman Smith Professor

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Taiawagi Helton.

Taiawagi Helton
Professor of Law

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Lori Jervis.

Lori Jervis
Professor of Anthropology

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Carol Rose Little.

Carol Rose Little
Assistant Professor of Linguistics

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Kimberly Marshall
Associate Professor of Anthropology

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Amanda Minks.

Amanda Minks
Associate Professor, Honors College

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Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Starr Minthorn.

Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Starr Minthorn

Professor

Department Chair Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Joshua Nelson.

Joshua Nelson
Associate Professor of English

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Alexander Pearl.

Alexander Pearl
Professor of Law

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Jake Skeets
Assistant Professor of English

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Paul Spicer.

Paul Spicer
Professor of Anthropology

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Kevin White.

Kelvin White

Senior Associate Dean
Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences

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Kim Wieser.

Kim Wieser
Associate Professor of English

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Maxwell Yamane.

Maxwell Yamane
Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology

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Natalie Youngbull.

Natalie Youngbull 
Assistant Professor of Adult and Higher Education

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Marcie Brewer
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Marcie.R.Brewer-1@ou.edu

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Ronald Brown
Graduate Teaching Assistant
rwbrown@ou.edu

 


Slater Ward
Graduate Teaching Assistant
michael.s.ward@ou.edu

 

 


Matt Higdon

Graduate Teaching Assistant
matthew.d.higdon-1@ou.edu

Lainie Scott.

Chaz Meadows

Graduate Teaching Assistant
jcmeadows@ou.edu

 

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Tyson Putthoff.

Skylar Ash
Undergraduate Advisor

Academic Advisor
Last Name A-Z

Office:  George Lynn Cross Hall, Room 136
Email: skyash@ou.edu

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Lewis Borck

Lewis Borck 
Assistant Professor
Horizon Endowed Chair of
Native American History and Culture

NAS Graduate Liaison and Advisor

Copeland Hall 207
lsborck@ou.edu

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Farina King.

Farina King
Interim Chair

Associate Professor
Horizon Endowed Chair
of Native American Ecology and Culture

NAS Mellon Coordinator and Advisor

Copeland Hall, room 205
farinaking@ou.edu
405-325-4240

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Noah Barfield

NAS Mellon Impact Fellow

2024-2025

 

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Graycianne Bennett.

  Graycianne Bennett
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Lillian Davis.

  Lillian Davis
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Ramon Granado.

     Ramon Granado
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

 

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Grace Harris.

  Grace Harris
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Taryn Joe

     Taryn Joe
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Leandra LeForce.

     Leandra LeForce
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Ashley Moelling.

     Ashley Moelling
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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K.T. Palmer.

K.T. Palmer

NAS Mellon Impact Fellow

2024-2025

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Eli Porter.

Eli Porter
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Kyrtleigh Snow.

Kyrtleigh Snow

NAS Mellon Impact Fellow

2024-2025

 

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Margaret Stratton.

Margaret Stratton
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Mikayla Taylor.

     Mikayla Taylor
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Luis Toro.

Luis Toro
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Alyssa Wind.

     Alyssa Wind
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

 

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Kate Yamashita
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2024-2025

Brooklynn Eagle

Brooklynn Eagle
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2023-2024

 

Dakota Ferguson

Dakota Ferguson
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2023-2024

 

 

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Rylan C. Fox

Rylan C. Fox
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2023-2024

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Scout Huggins

Scout Huggins
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2023-2024

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Brody Miller

Brody Miller
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2023-2024

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Daley Reynolds

Daley Reynolds
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2023-2024

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Codie Horse-Topetchy
 
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2023-2024

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Kyanna Wishon

Kyanna Wishon
 
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2023-2024

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Taylor Broadbent

Taylor Broadbent
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Kierra Chrisco

Kierra Chrisco
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Maeci Crotts

Maeci Crotts
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Kiana Hamilton
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

Rayle Heinzig

Rayle Heinzig
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Lexie McIntosh

Lexie McIntosh
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Hope Reeves

Hope Reeves
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Asa (Ace) Samuels

Asa (Ace) Samuels
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

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Savannah Slayton

Savannah Slayton
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2022-2023

Taryn Evans

Taryn Evans
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2021-2022

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Josie Gerdes

Josie Gerdes
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow 
2021-2022 

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Trinity Guido

Trinity Guido
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2021-2022

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Dawn Landon

Dawn Landon
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2021-2022 

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Sidney May

Sidney May
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2021-2022

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Dacoda McDowell Wahpekeche.

Dacoda McDowell Wahpekeche
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2021-2022

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Mahak Merchant

Mahak Merchant
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2021-2022

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Kamryn Yanchick.

Kamryn Yanchick
NAS Mellon Impact Fellow
2021-2022

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Edgar Heap of Birds.

Edgar Heap of Birds
Professor Emeritus

eheapofbirds@ou.edu

Clara Sue Kidwell.

Clara Sue Kidwell
Professor Emeritus

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