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American Indian Studies
Sierra Hall 194
CSU Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8415
Phone: (818) 677-6762

AIS Faculty and Advisory Board

AIS Faculty

Scott Andrews, Ph.D., Coordinator
B.A. University of Oklahoma, 1987

M.A. University of California, Riverside, 1993
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, 2000

Dr. Andrews is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.  He teaches American and American Indian literatures in the English Department and the American Indian Studies Program's course on popular culture. Dr. Andrews has published book reviews, essays, fiction, and poetry.

He can be reached at scott.andrews@csun.edu.

Karren Baird-Olson, Ph.D.
B.S., Montana State University, Bozeman, 1962
M.A., University of Montana, Missoula, 1984
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1994

Dr. Baird-Olson is of Wyandot descent and in 1958 she married into the Nakota Nation of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux reservation (Montana). She teaches American Indian Studies courses and criminology courses in the Department of Sociology. Her publications include articles on American Indian women's spiritual practices, victimization, and activism.

She can be reached at karren.bairdolson@csun.edu.

Brian Burkhart, Ph.D.

B.A. University of Northern Colorado, 1997

Ph.D. Indiana University, 2008

Dr. Burkhart is of Cherokee descent but grew up on the Navajo Nation in Arizona.  He specializes in American Indian intellectual history, environemental philosophy and justice, sacred places and development, and other issues.  His forthcoming book is titled Respect for Kinship: Toward an Indigenous Environmental Ethics.

He can be reached at brian.burkhart@csun.edu.

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This page was last updated on July 29, 2009