Director
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Environmental Policy Programs
Laura López-Hoffman
Research Professor of Environmental Policy, Udall Center Professor, School of Natural Natural Resources and the EnvironmentRobert G. Varady
Research Professor of Environmental Policy Adjunct Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Adjunct Research Professor of Natural Resources and the Environment
Graduate Research Assistants & Associates and Doctoral Scholars
Indigenous Nations Policy Program - Native Nations Institute (NNI)
Stephanie Russo Carroll (Ahtna-Native Village of Kluti-Kaah)
Associate Director and Manager, Tribal Health Program Assistant Research Professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Assistant Professor, Public Health and American Indian Studies Graduate Program Affiliate Faculty, College of Law- (520) 626-0664
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Davida Delmar (Navajo Nation/Diné)
Program Coordinator, Sr., Tribal and Direct ServicesTorivio A. Fodder (Taos Pueblo)
Manager, Indigenous Governance ProgramDanielle Hiraldo (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina)
Tribal Outreach Specialist/Senior ResearcherAndrew Martinez (O’odham, Diegueño, and Yoeme)
Research Specialist- Pronouns: he, him, his
Krystian Sisson (Muscogee Creek Nation)
Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internship Coordinator
Graduate Research Assistants & Associates and Doctoral Scholars
Amanda Cheromiah (Laguna Pueblo)
Graduate Student Worker, Native Nations Institute Resident Advisor, Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internship ProgramDominique David-Chavez (Arawak Taíno)
Post Doctoral Indigenous Data Sovereignty Fellow, Native Nations InstituteCheryl Ellenwood, MA (Nez Perce)
Indigenous Data Sovereignty Doctoral Scholar, Native Nations InstituteLydia Jennings (Pascua Yaqui and Huichol)
Indigenous Data Sovereignty Doctoral Scholar, Native Nations Institute
Undergraduate Student Workers
Administrative Staff at the Udall Center
Juan Bautista
Administrative Assistant- 520-626-4393
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Rae Soobratty
Information Technology and Infrastructure Manager
Administrative Staff at UA Research, Innovation and Impact (RII)
RII is located on the 5th Floor, Marshall Building
Udall Center Faculty Affiliates
The Udall Center serves as the University of Arizona’s designated public policy research nexus. Much of the Center’s work is accomplished via transdisciplinary projects that require broad collaboration across the campus and beyond. To facilitate this type of partnership, we name a few key colleagues to be Udall Center Faculty Affiliates.
Affiliates are tenure-eligible/tenured or continuing-eligible/continuing faculty appointed in some UArizona unit, regardless of field or discipline who have a strong, demonstrated interest in doing applied work in public policy, particularly on relevant topics of mutual interest to the Center and the affiliate. Such applied work would normally entail engaging with or supporting the goals of stakeholders.
Faculty Affiliates, who are appointed to five-year terms, agree to (1) make research presentations at Udall Center seminars upon request, (2) attend and/or make presentations at certain invited events, (3) participate in periodic Udall Center strategic planning events, and (4) coauthoring research papers, reports, media presentations, and research proposals.
Carl J. Bauer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Geography and Development
The University of Arizona
cjbauer@arizona.edu
Gregg Garfin, Ph.D.
Deputy Director for Science Translation and Outreach
Institute of the Environment and
Associate Professor/Associate Extension Specialist
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
The University of Arizona
gmgarfin@arizona.edu
Aaron Lien, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
The University of Arizona
alien@arizona.edu
Sharon Megdal, Ph.D.
Director, Water Resources Research Center,
C.W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professor for Excellence in Agriculture and Life Science, and
Professor, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science
The University of Arizona
smegdal@arizona.edu
David Pietz, Ph.D.
Professor, History
The University of Arizona
dpietz@arizona.edu
Margaret Wilder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Center for Latin American Studies and
School of Geography and Development
The University of Arizona
mwilder@arizona.edu
Robert A. Williams, J.D. (Lumbee)
E. Thomas Sullivan Professor of Law and American Indian Studies
Director, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program
James E. Rogers College of Law
The University of Arizona
lumbee@arizona.edu
Udall Center External Faculty Associates
A considerable portion of the Udall Center’s work involves collaboration with colleagues outside the University of Arizona. To recognize especially strong linkages and encourage continued research cooperation, the Center recognizes a select group of External Faculty Affiliates (or Associates).
External Faculty Associates are tenure-eligible/tenured or continuing-eligible/continuing faculty appointed at an accredited university in the United States or elsewhere, who like UArizona Faculty Affiliates, have a strong, demonstrated interest in doing applied work in public policy, particularly on relevant topics of mutual interest to the Center and the affiliate, especially with stakeholders.
External Faculty Associates, who are appointed to five-year terms, are encouraged to collaborate with Udall Center researchers by partnering on projects and where appropriate, coauthoring research papers, reports, media presentations, and research proposals.
Joseph P. Kalt, Ph.D.
Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Emeritus
Co-Director, Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
Harvard University
joe_kalt@harvard.edu
Maria Carmen Lemos, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
lemos@umich.edu