Senior Administrators
Andrea K. Gerlak
Director, Udall Center
Research Professor, Environmental Policy Programs, Udall Center
Professor, School of Geography, Development and Environment
Joan Timeche (Hopi)
Executive Director, Native Nations Institiute
Researchers
Stephanie Russo Carroll (Ahtna-Native Village of Kluti-Kaah)
Associate Research Professor, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
Associate Director and Manager, Tribal Health Program
Assistant Professor, Public Health and American Indian Studies Graduate Program, College of Public Health
Affiliate Faculty, College of Law
Stephen Cornell
Director Emeritus, Udall Center
Faculty Chair, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
Professor Emeritus, School of Sociology
Ibrahim Garba (Karai-Karai)
Senior Researcher, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
Assistant Research Professor, College of Public Health
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Gina Gilson
Research Scientist, Environmental Policy Programs, Udall Center
Miriam Jorgensen
Research Scientist
Senior Researcher, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
Affiliate Faculty, James E. Rogers College of Law
Affiliate Faculty, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in American Indian Studies
Ladd Keith
Associate Research Professor, Environmental Policy Programs, Udall Center
Associate Professor in the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning
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Laura López-Hoffman
Research Professor, Environmental Policy Programs, Udall Center
Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Affiliated Faculty, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Marisella Molina (Pascua Yaqui)
Student Assistant, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
Gemma Smith
Assistant Research Professor, Udall Center
Assistant Professor, School of Government and Public Policy
Riley Taitingfong (CHamoru)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
Robert G. Varady
Research Professor Emeritus of Environmental Policy, Environmental Policy Programs, Udall Center
Affiliated/Joint Faculty Research Professor of Arid Lands Studies in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Adjunct Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
Adriana Zuniga-Teran
Assistant Professor, Environmental Policy Programs, Udall Center
Assistant Professor, School of Geography, Development and Environment
Support Staff
Juan Bautista
Administrative Assistant, Udall Center
Torivio A. Fodder (Taos Pueblo)
Manager, Indigenous Governance Program, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
Kyra James (Navajo Nation/Diné)
Research Specialist, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
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Amy Jorgensen
Senior Graphic Designer, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
Andrew Martinez (O’odham, Diegueño, and Yoeme)
Research Coordinator, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
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Carolina Pineda (San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians)
Program Coordinator, Environmental Policy Program
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Sara Rodriguez (Pascua Yaqui)
Program Coordinator, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center
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Rae Soobratty
Information Technology and Infrastructure Manager, Udall Center
Bridget Wade Radcliff
Administrative Manager, Udall Center
RII Support Staff
Brian Pierson
Budget and Finance Administrator, Research, Innovation and Impact, University of Arizona
Udall Center Faculty Affiliates
Laura Bakkensen
Associate Professor - School of Government and Public Policy
Elizabeth Baldwin
Associate Professor - School of Government and Public Policy
Carl Bauer
Professor & Director, School of Geography, Development & Environment
Kirk Emerson
Emeritus Professor of Practice, School of Government and Public Policy
Gregg Garfin
Extension Specialist and Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Maria Carmen Lemos
Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), University of Michigan
Aaron Lien
Assistant Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Adaptive Management, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Sharon Megdal
Director of The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
David A. Pietz
Regents Professor of History and UNESCO Chair in Environmental History
Robert A. Williams, Jr.
Regents’ Professor, E. Thomas Sullivan Professor of Law