Faculty in Colgate's Native American and Indigenous Studies Program are exceptional researchers, scholars, and teachers. With specialties ranging from North American precolumbian archaeology to performance studies in the Andean region, they support an academically rigorous curriculum.

Michelle Bigenho
Charles A. Dana Professor of Anthropology and Africana & Latin American Studies
(315) 228-7030
427 Alumni Hall
  • T  4:15pm - 5:15pm  (427 Alumni Hall)
  • W  9:00am - 11:00am  (427 Alumni Hall)
Nicole Carvell
Native American and Indigenous Learning Community Program Coordinator
Kristin De Lucia
Associate Professor of Anthropology
(315) 228-6279
417 Alumni Hall
  • W  4:00pm - 5:00pm  (417 Alumni Hall)
  • F  3:00pm - 5:00pm  (417 Alumni Hall)
Santee Frazier
Visiting Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies
Ryan Hall
Associate Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies and History
Santiago Juarez
Associate Professor of Anthropology
428 Alumni Hall
  • TR  10:00am - 11:30am  (428 Alumni Hall)
Jenna Reinbold
Associate Professor of Religion; Director, Native American Studies Program
(315) 228-6466
318 Lawrence Hall
  • R  2:00pm - 3:00pm  (318 Lawrence Hall)
  • F  12:00pm - 2:00pm  (318 Lawrence Hall)

Emeriti Faculty

Anthony (Tony) Aveni
Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology and Native American Studies, Emeritus
Jordan Kerber
Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies, Emeritus
Carol Ann Lorenz
Associate Professor of Native American Studies, Emerita
Sarah Wider
Professor of English and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Emerita