Affiliate - CRNAI

Merri Lopez-Keifer

Law, UC Berkeley

Beth Rose Middleton

Native American Studies, UC Davis

Patrick Naranjo

American Indian Graduate Program, UC Berkeley

Jeff Oxendine

School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

Fantasia Painter

History, UC Davis

Meredith Palmer

Science and Technology Studies, Cornell

Beth Piatote

Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley

Chris Poitra

Senior Researcher, Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues

Chris Poitra, Ph.D., is a practitioner-scholar specializing in land stewardship and a specialty crop
farmer. Her current work explores how Indigenous principles inform holistic approaches to
agriculture. Previously, Dr. Poitra led an institute at Michigan State University focused on research,
faculty development, and institutional initiatives. This work built upon earlier scholarship centering
tribal-university partnerships and Indigenous frameworks in educational, organizational, and
agricultural contexts.

Doctor of Philosophy—Michigan State University;
Master of...

Ikaika Ramones

Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley

Kim Richards

Salish School of Spokane