AIS Faculty + Staff
It's our people who make the program
If you asked the many alumni of the American Indian Studies program, they would tell you that since its inception in the 1970's, it has been the faculty who have made this program as special as it is. Students develop deep and lasting relationships with the instructors, they return frequently to campus for events or just to visit, and they maintain bonds that last a lifetime. Perhaps because this is such a deeply personal and transformative learning process, American Indian Studies truly is a family.
Outstanding teaching and strong mentorship from American Indian Studies faculty members prepared me well for the rigors of graduate school and professional life.
Faculty + Staff
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Heather Ann Moody, Ed.D.
American Indian Studies
Director | Associate Professor | Academic Advisor
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 374, Eau Claire | Directions
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Robert Bell
American Indian Studies
Associate Lecturer
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 373, Eau Claire | Directions
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Katie Cary, Ph.D.
American Indian Studies
Visiting Assistant Professor
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Sheryl Gonzales, B.B.A (she/her/hers)
Latin American and Latinx Studies | American Indian Studies | College of Arts and Sciences | Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Sociology
Department Assistant
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 384, Eau Claire | Directions
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 629, Eau Claire | Directions
- Office hours: Sociology: HHH 629 - Tue & Wed 7:45-4:30, Fri 7:45-11:45;
Phone: 715-836-2720
OIP: HHH 384 - Mon & Thur 7:45-4:30, Fri 12:30-4:30;
Phone: 715-836-3212 - View full profile
Affiliates
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Ari Anand
Geography and Anthropology | American Indian Studies | Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Associate Professor | Associate Professor, geography & anthropology, women's studies & American Indian studies
- Phillips Science Hall 261, Eau Claire | Directions
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Joanne Jahnke-Wegner
History
Assistant Professor
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 716, Eau Claire | Directions
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Maggie Jensen
Multicultural Student Services
American/Native Emphasis
- Centennial Hall 2425, Eau Claire | Directions
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Liliana LaValle
McIntyre Library
Digital Learning and Instruction Librarian | Assistant Professor
- McIntyre Library 1001D, Eau Claire | Directions
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John W. Mann
History | American Indian Studies
Professor | Director of Public History Program | Graduate Programs Director
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 719, Eau Claire | Directions
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Cedar Marie (she/her/hers)
Art & Design
Associate Professor
- Haas Fine Arts Center 109, Eau Claire | Directions
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Gretchen Peters
Music and Theatre Arts | American Indian Studies
Chair, Department of Music & Theatre Arts | Professor of Music History | Professor of American Indian studies
- Haas Fine Arts Center 156, Eau Claire | Directions
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Kong Pheng Pha, Ph.D. (He/Him/His)
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Associate Professor
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 369, Eau Claire | Directions
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Andrew Sturtevant (he/him/his)
History | American Indian Studies
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Dr. Sturtevant is a historian of Early America with an emphasis on Indigenous history and the history of colonialism. He is writing a book about Pontiac's War, in which some Native people tried to remove the British occupiers from the Great Lakes area. He regularly teaches the methodology courses, HIST 288 and HIST 489 and has done student-faculty research about how K-12 teachers incorporate Sacagawea into lessons on American history.
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 714, Eau Claire | Directions
- Office hours: Mon 4-5 p.m., Tue & Thurs 3-5 p.m. or by appointment
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Ezra Zeitler (he/him/his)
Geography and Anthropology | American Indian Studies
Professor and Department Chair, Geography & Anthropology | Affiliate, American Indian studies
- Phillips Science Hall 251, Eau Claire | Directions
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