AIISP is a CALS-based unit that provides Indigenous-related academic, student support and outreach services to Cornell University.
Faculty
The expertise of American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS) faculty spans multiple fields, including anthropology, archaeology, art, art history, fiber science, history, literature, law, and natural resources, enabling students to develop programs that address their specific interests. Faculty with specific research expertise in Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) studies and Indigenous issues globally further broaden opportunities for study.
Program Faculty
Associate Professor, American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program
Program Director, American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program
Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters
Director of Graduate Studies, American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies
Director of Undergraduate Studies, American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
Associate Professor, The History of Art and Visual Studies
Teaching Faculty
Associate Professor, The Department of Literatures in English
Affiliate Faculty
Cornell Provost’s New Faculty Fellow and Incoming Assistant Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Research Associate, Department of Linguistics and American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
Provost’s Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow (incoming Assistant Professor, fall 2023), Natural Resources and the Environment
Gayogo̱hó:nǫʔ/Cayuga language teacher, Department of Linguistics
Visiting Professor, Cornell Law
Retired Faculty
In Memoriam
In Memoriam | Billie Jean Isbell | 1937-2021
In Memoriam | Carol Warrior | 1962 - 2018
Ninilchik Village Tribe and of Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Dena’ina Athabascan and A’aniiih (Gros Ventre) descent.