CNAIR Affiliates
The community at CNAIR fosters an innovative, Indigenous-centered intellectual space open to multiple modes of engagement for faculty, students, staff, and community members. This community of researchers represents a diversity of disciplines in the humanities, learning and physical sciences, engineering and applied science, public health, journalism, law and communication. By supporting and connecting individuals from these different disciplines, the center seeks to enhance the impact of Northwestern’s interdisciplinary research initiatives.
Become a CNAIR affiliate
Join our growing community of scholars and collaborators
If you’d like to take a more active role in the interdisciplinary community facilitated by the center, please consider becoming a CNAIR affiliate. Affiliation with CNAIR is inclusive and extended to all who aim to advance the mission and development of the center. Affiliates are expected to actively participate in center-sponsored activities including seminars, symposia, recruiting new faculty and students, and project development; and exhibit an enthusiasm and willingness to work and provide leadership.There are many benefits to being a CNAIR affiliate including: (1) funding opportunities for new collaborative research, (2) regular announcements about Native American and Indigenous events and news, (3) networking opportunities with other affiliates in the CNAIR research hub areas, (4) administrative support for new projects and proposal development, (5) research opportunities for undergraduates and (6) the opportunity to be featured on the CNAIR website, annual report, and other promotional materials.
If you are currently at Northwestern and interested in becoming an affiliate of CNAIR please send an email to cnair@northwestern.edu with you interest. In the subject please include CNAIR Affiliate Application. We will follow up with an application form where you can provide your CV, research interests, collaborations, and project highlights. If you are not currently at Northwestern, we cannot accept applications without nomination from a current affiliate and review and approval by the advisory council.
Current Affiliates
| Current Title AY25-26 |
| Aaron Golding, senior program coordinator, School of Education and Social Policy |
| Aaron Packman, professor of civil and environmental engineering and (by courtesy) mechanical engineering and chemical and biological engineering, McCormick School of Engineering |
| Abigail M. Foerstner, associate professor, director of the Health, Environment and Science specialization (Medill Chicago newsroom), Medill School of Journalism |
| Annalise Buth, clinical associate professor of law; co-director, Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice, Pritzker School of Law |
| Alex Red Corn, director and associate professor, Indigenous Studies; associate vice chancellor for Sovereign Partnerships and Indigenous Initiatives, University of Kansas |
| Beatriz O. Reyes, assistant professor of instruction, Global Health Studies, Weinberg College |
| Brandi Berry Benson, lecturer, Bienen School of Music |
| Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, dean, Carlos Montezuma professor, School of Education and Social Policy |
| Caroline Egan, assistant professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Weinberg College |
| Chris Caldwell, president, College of Menominee Nation |
| Diego Arispe-Bazán, assistant professor of anthropology, Weinberg College; faculty fellow, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs |
| Doug Kiel, associate professor of history, NAIS minor coordinator, Weinberg College |
| Eli Suzukovich III, assistant professor of instruction, environmental policy and culture, and anthropology, Weinberg College; Director of Cultural Preservation and Compliance at Northwestern, Office of Research |
| Elspeth Geiger, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, Weinberg College; Curator Path Research Scientist Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History |
| Elizabeth Hurd, professor and chair of religious studies, professor of political science, Weinberg College |
| Eva Flying, president, Chief Dull Knife College |
| Stephanie Fryberg, professor of psychology, Weinberg College; director of Research for Indigenous Social action and Equity Center (RISE Center) |
| Gregory Phillips II, associate professor, medical social sciences and preventive medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Hirokazu Miyazaki, Kay Davis professor, anthropology, Weinberg College |
| Jen Young, metadata coordinator, Northwestern University Libraries; Native American and Indigenous Studies Librarian |
| Jasmine Gurneau, director of Native American and Indigenous Affairs, Office of Community Enrichment, Office of the Provost |
| Jorge Coronado, professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Weinberg College |
| Jeff Feng, postdoctoral scholar, Northwestern Argonne Institute for Scientific and Engineering, Manoomin Collective |
| Jennifer Dunn, professor, chemical and biological engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; associate director, Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering; director, Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience |
| Jess Linke, associate director, Global Co-Curricular Experience, Kellogg School of Management |
| Josiah Hester, associate professor of interactive computing and computer science at Georgia Institute of Technology; director, Center for Advancing Responsible Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology; director, Ka Moamoa – Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing Lab |
| Kimberly Marion Suiseeya, associate professor, Division of Environmental Social Systems, Duke University |
| Kathleen Bickford Berzock, professor of practice, anthropology, associate director of Curatorial Affairs, Block Museum of Art |
| Kelly Wisecup, Arthur E Andersen Teaching and Research professor, professor of English, Weinberg College |
| Marisa Cruz Branco, curatorial associate, Block Museum of Art |
| Megan Baker, assistant professor, anthropology, Weinberg College; TGS NAIS cluster director |
| Megan Bang, James E Johnson professor of learning sciences, School of Education and Social Policy |
| Michael Turcios, assistant professor, radio/television/film, School of Communication |
| Michaela Kleber, assistant professor of history, Weinberg College |
| Rose Miron, vice president, research and education, The Newberry Library |
| Niyo Moraza-Keeswood, senior assistant director of admissions, Native American and Indigenous student outreach |
| Patrick Eccles, senior associate director, Global Learning Office |
| Raphael Wahwassuck, tribal council member of the Potawatomi Prairie Band Nation |
| Beth Redbird, assistant professor of sociology, Weinberg College |
| S.B. West, associate professor of instruction, gender and sexuality studies, Weinberg College |
| William M. Miller, professor emeritus, chemical and biological engineering, McCormick School of Engineering |
| Baron Reed, professor, philosophy, Weinberg college |