Our Core Faculty:
Suzanne Estes (Chickasaw/Choctaw)
Interim Department Chair, Professor of Biology & Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Cramer Hall RM 341Q
Phone: (503) 725-8782
Email: estess@pdx.edu
Theodore Van Alst Jr. (enrolled member, Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians)
Tilikum Professor
(on sabbatical for the 2024-2025 academic year)
Parkmill Building RM 205
Email: tva2@pdx.edu
Cornel Pewewardy (Comanche & Kiowa)
Founding Director & Professor Emeritus
Email: cornelp@pdx.edu
Grace Dillon (Anishinaabe)
Tenured Professor
Parkmill Building RM 225
Phone: (503) 725-8144
Email: dillong@pdx.edu
Hailey Maria Salazar (Yoeme)
Assistant Teaching Professor
Vernier Science Center RM 421
Email: haileymaria@pdx.edu
Renea Perry (Tlingit/Inupiat)
Adjunct Instructor
Vernier Science Center RM 422
Email: pperry@pdx.edu
Adjunct Faculty:
Rachel Black Elk (Lakota/Lumbee)
Adjunct Instructor
Indigenous Nations Studies
Parkmill Building RM 249
Carma Corcoran (Chippewa-Cree)
Adjunct Instructor
Indigenous Nations Studies
Parkmill Building RM 249
Gabe Sheoships (Walla Walla/Cayuse)
Adjunct Instructor
Indigenous Nations Studies
Parkmill Building RM 249
ITECK Coordinator:
Emma Johnson (Cowlitz)
ITECK Coordinator
Vernier Science Center RM 420
Email: erj6@pdx.edu