Indige-FEWSS Partners
Indige-FEWSS is grateful to our Community Partners and Advisory Committee for the collaboration and guidance as we work to strengthen food-energy-water security and sovereignty in the Navajo Nation and other Indigenous communities.
Indige-FEWSS Community Partners
Diné College Land Grant Office, Benita Litson and Bryan Neztsosie
Diné College STEM Department, Donald Robinson
Diné College, Environmental Institute, Shiprock Campus, Perry Charley and Neilroy Singer
Diné College, Tuba City Campus, Dr. Shazia Tabassum Hakim
KXWR Radio of the Navajo Nation, broadcast by Diné College (LA Williams, host)
University of Arizona - Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership, co-sponsor for Native Voices in STEM seminar series
Indige-FEWSS Faculty Labs and Centers
University Sponsors and More Community Partners
University of Arizona Department of Environmental Science
University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment, 2020 co-sponsor for Native Voices in STEM seminar series
University of Arizona Superfund Research Program Community Engagement Core, Karletta Chief, co-PI
Indigenous Co-Innovation at the Nexus of Food, Energy & Water Systems (NSF #DGE1633740) Partnership with Diné College, University of California at Berkeley Blum Center, South Florida University
University of Arizona Indigenous Teacher Education Program - Valerie Shirley, Co-PI
Navajo Technical University, Harry Whiting, Peter Romine, Golham Ehteshami, Scott Halliday, Steven Chischilly
Tohono O’odham Community College, Teresa Newberry and Kimberly Danny
San Carlos Apache College, Marin Ahumada
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, Rex Kontz
Indian Health Services, Peter Littlehat
Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources, Chrystal Tulley-Cordova
Star School, Mark Sorensen
Tolani Lake Enterprises, Bill Edwards
LCR Watershed/Black Mesa Water Coalition, Kern Collymore
DigDeep, Emma Robbins
Former Delegate to the Navajo Nation Council, Hon. Walter Phelps
Greyhills Academy STEM Teacher, Mrs. Reny Mathew
Indige-FEWSS Advisory Boards 2020
Internal Advisory Board
Gene Giacomelli | Biosystems Engineering | giacomel@arizona.edu
Trent Teegerstrom | CALS Cooperative Extension | tteegers@arizona.edu
Ronald Trosper | American Indian Studies | rltrosper@arizona.edu
Tristan Reader | American Indian Studies | treader@arizona.edu
Allison Huff | Health Sciences | allison7@arizona.edu
Joan Timeche | Native Nations Institute | timechej@arizona.edu
James Hopkins | Udall Center, American Indian Studies | hopkinsj@arizona.edu
Christopher Scott | Udall Center, Geography | cascott@arizona.edu
Andrew Carnie | Dean, Graduate College | carnie@arizona.edu
Len Necefer | American Indian Studies | Lnecefer@arizona.edu
Greg Barron-Gafford | School of Geography, Development & Environment | gregbg@arizona.edu
External Advisory Board
Bryan Neztsosie | Navajo Community Member, Extension & Research Specialist at Diné College Land Grant Office
Sandra Begay | University of New Mexico
Michael Bernier | Coca-Cola
Ted Burhans | Tucson Electric Power (TEP)
Peter Romine | NTU School of Engineering
Scott Haase | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Peter Littlehat | Indian Health Service (IHS)
Donald Robinson | Diné College, School of Science & Technology
Mark Sorensen | Director, STAR School
Kern Collymore | LCR Watershed / Black Mesa Water Coalition
Walter Phelps | Navajo Community Member, former Delegate to the Navajo Nation Council