AIS Faculty and Advisory Board
AIS Faculty
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, 1994Dr. Baird-Olson is of Wyandot descent and in 1958 she married into the Nakota Nation of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux reservation (Montana). Baird-Olson 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.
Scott Andrews, Ph.D. (Tenured 2006)
B.A. University of Oklahoma,
1987 M.A. University of California, Riverside, 1993
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, 2000Dr. Andrews is of Cherokee and Choctaw descent. He is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and teaches North American Indian Literature. He is also the Associate Chair of the Department of English.
AIS Program Advisory Board
- Scott Andrews, English
- Karren Baird-Olson, American Indian Studies, Sociology/Criminology
- Martin Behr, English
- O. Tacheeni Scott, Biology
- Loretta Winters, Sociology
- Gregory Velazco y Trianosky, Philosophy & Chicano(a) Studies
Staff
- Thomas Kadenihii
Student
- Xochitl Flores
Alumni
- Richard (Ric) Glazer Danay
Community Partner Representative
- Danielle Glenn-Rivera