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UA/Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership Summary Number of scholars currently in the program: 30 (21 Ph.D.s and 9 Master's) Number of Degrees Scholars earned: 123 (33 Ph.D./1 Pharm. D. degrees and 89 Master's degrees) Number of Native Nations and Tribes represented: 37 UA/Sloan IGP Graduates Ph.D. Degrees Adrienne Begaye (Navajo) - Pharm. D., Pharmacy, Spring 2010 Joseph Brewer (Tsalagi/Oglala) - Ph.D., Arid Land Resources, Spring 2008 Jacob Bernal (Colorado River Indian Tribes) - Ph.D., Chemistry, Summer 2021 Andrea Carter (Powhaton) - Ph.D., Plant Sciences, Spring 2020 Schuyler Chew (Mohawk, Cayuga, Tuscarora) - Ph.D., Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Summer 2020 Otakuye Conroy (Oglala Sioux) - Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Spring 2006 Ronson Chee (Navajo) - Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Spring 2017 Melissa Clutter (Cherokee) - Ph.D., Hydrology, Summer 2019 Shawna Follis (Quechua) - Ph.D., Epidemiology, Spring 2020 Dawson Fairbanks (Chippewa), Ph.D., Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Winter 2021 Juanita Francis (Navajo), Ph.D., Natural Resources, Fall 2022 Valerisa Gaddy (Navajo) - Ph.D., Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Spring 2020 Kathryn Gardner-Vandy (Choctaw) - Ph.D., Planetary Science, Spring 2012 Danielle Ignace (Coeur d'Alene) - Ph.D., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2006 Lydia Jennings (Pascua Yaqui) - Ph.D., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Fall 2020 Michael Kotutwa Johnson (Hopi) - Ph.D., Natural Resources, Spring 2019 Kanassatega, Rhye-Samuel (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) - Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Spring 2023 Thomas Jones (Cherokee) - Ph.D., Natural Resources, Spring 2016 Carrie Nuva Joseph (Hopi) - Ph.D., Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Winter 2018 Casey Kahn-Thornbrugh (Mashpee Wampanoag) - Ph.D., Geography, Spring 2013 Peter Littlehat, Jr. (Navajo) - Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Summer 2007 Sylvestor Moses (San Carlos Apache) - Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Spring 2013 Seafha Ramos (Yurok) - Ph.D., Natural Resources, Spring 2016 Tovah Salcedo (Tewa) - Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2009 Earlphia Sells (Navajo) - Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Winter 2015 Nathan Sweeney (Choctaw) - Ph.D., Cancer Biology, Spring 2018 Belin Tsinnijinnie (Navajo) - Ph.D., Mathematics, Fall 2018 Jesse Trujillo (Navajo) - Ph.D., Cancer Biology, Fall 2016 Robert Keams Valenzuela (Navajo) - Ph.D., Genetics, Spring 2011 Rachel Victor (Osage Nation) - Ph.D., Chemistry & Biochemistry, Summer 2022 Joshua Weaver (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians) - Ph.D., Plant Sciences, Summer 2018 Julius Yellowhair (Navajo) - Ph.D., Optical Sciences, Spring 2007 Monica Yellowhair (Navajo) - Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology, Spring 2011Master's Degrees Jae Anderson (Navajo) - M.S., Material Science and Engineering, Summer 2014 Chad Auginash (Red Lake Band of Chippewa) - M.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering, Fall 2018 Jessika Ava (Cherokee & Choctaw) - M.S., Biostatistics, Spring 2017 Jordan Barton (Cherokee) - M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Fall 2012 Lucinda Begay (Navajo) - M.A., Chemistry, Fall 2012 Marquel Begay (Navajo) - M.S., Water, Policy, & Society, Spring 2019 Willis Begay (Navajo) - M.S., Civil Engineering, Winter 2012 Aaron Ben (Navajo) - M.S., Chemical Engineering, Spring 2019 Brian Billy (Navajo) - M.E., Master's in Engineering, Spring 2013 Seafha Blount (Yurok) - M.S., RNR-Wildlife & Fisheries Science, Fall 2009 Quentin Benally (Navajo) - M.S., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Fall 2016 Adam Carl (Navajo/Hopi) - M.S., Environmental Health Sciences, Summer 2021 Andrea Carter (Powhaton) - M.S., Plant Sciences, Fall 2016 Ted Chatter (Navajo) - M.S., Physiological Sciences, Spring 2006 Ronson Chee (Navajo) - M.S., Civil Engineering, Fall 2010 Manuelito Chief (Navajo) - M.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering, Fall 2021 Melissa Clutter (Cherokee) - M.S., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Summer 2016 Anthony J. Coleman (Navajo) - M.S., Engineering Management, Spring 2016 Jeffrey Cordova (Taos Pueblo) - M.S., Hydrology & Water Resources, Spring 2006 Stephanie Cortes (Tlingit & Haida) - M.S., Astronomy, Spring 2011 Brian Cunningham (Choctaw) - M.S., Geographic Information Systems Technolgy, Summer 2015 Kelvin Dan (Navajo) - M.S., Physiological Sciences, Summer 2013 Jennifer Daw (Navajo) - M.S., Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Summer 2018 Kimberly Danny (Navajo) - M.S., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Fall 2016 Nizhoni Denipah (Navajo) - M.S., Physiology, Summer 2007 Angelita Denny (Navajo) - M.S., Soil, Water & Environmental Science, Fall 2011 Dylan Dyer (Cherokee) - M.S. Chemistry, Winter 2021 Juanita Francis-Begay (Navajo) - M.S., Environmental Engineering, Spring 2006 Darien Fuller (Prairie Band Potawatomi) - M.S., Epidemiology, Fall 2021 Joshua Gaddy (Navajo) - M.S., Physiology, Summer 2015 Jhana Gorman (Navajo) - M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2009 Conor Handley (Pascua Yaqui) - M.S., Natural Resources, Summer 2022 Carrie Hansen (Navajo) - M.S., Systems Engineering, Fall 2007 Jimmy Hoskie (Navajo) - M.S., Civil Engineering, Spring 2016 Dakota Isaacs (Standing Rock Sioux) - M.S., Geosciences, Fall 2016 Valerisa Joe (Navajo) - M.S., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Summer 2015 Deandra Jones (Navajo) - M.S., Natural Resources, Spring 2022 Rachel Jones (Choctaw) - M.S., Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Summer 2017 Shivanna Johnson (Navajo) - M.S., Microbiology, Fall 2014 Carrie Joseph (Hopi) - M.S., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Fall 2012 Justin Kaye (Navajo) - M.S., Applied Biosciences, Spring 2018 Edward Kesler (Tohono O'odham) - PSM, Professional Science, Spring 2008 Desirae Kissell (Muscogee Creek Nation) - M.S., Plant Science, Fall 2019 Selina Kindelay (San Carlos Apache) - M.S., Genetics, Spring 2021 Kim Larsen (Cherokee) - M.S., Optical Sciences, Fall 2008 Terry Lee (Navajo) - M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Spring 2009 Micah Mann (Native Hawaiian) - M.S., Optical Sciences, Summer 2022 Justin Manuel (Tohono O'odham) - M.S., Mining Engineering, Fall 2008 Anna Masayesva (Hopi) - M.S., Renewable Natural Resources, Fall 2010 Zachary McFarlane (Pomo) - M.S., Animal Sciences, Spring 2015 Andrew McMillan (Lumbee) - M.S., Soil, Water & Environmental Science, Spring 2012 Dyan Melvin (Hopi) - M.S., Civil Engineering, Spring 2016 Danny Milobar (Potowatomi) - M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2010 Sylvestor Moses (San Carlos Apache) - M.S., BMCB, Fall 2007 Steven Nez (Navajo) - Management Information Systems, Spring 2015 Adrianna Nicolay (Navajo) - M.S., Water, Society, & Policy, Spring 2021 Rachel Novak (Navajo) - M.S., Geosciences, Fall 2007 Ho-wan-ut Old Peter (Skokomish)- M.S., Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Spring 2010 John Pate (Choctaw) - M.S., Applied Mathematics, Fall 2008 Frank Pierson (Tohono O'odham) - M.S., Civil Engineering, Spring 2005 Chad Reed (Lenape or Delaware) - M.S., RNR-Watershed Management, Fall 2007 Heather Rivera (Pascua Yaqui) - PSM, Applied Biosciences, Fall 2010 Natalya Cannon Robbins Sherman (Navajo) - M.S., Range Management, Summer 2019 Leona Sam (Navajo) - M.S., Soil & Water Science, Fall 2006 Carol Seanez (Navajo) - M.S., Epidemiology, Winter 2022 Earlphia Sells (Navajo) - M.S., Physiological Sciences, Summer 2007 Nikolas Sharp (Navajo), M.S., Computer Science, Spring 2011 Beatriz Smith (Caddo) - M.S., Physiological Sciences, Summer 2022 Heston Smith (Utah Paiute) - M.S., Geographic Information Systems Technology, Fall 2011 Harrison Thurgood (Caddo), M.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2021 David Tripp (Native Hawaiian), M.S. - Pharmacology and Toxicology, Spring 2021 Lyra Troy (Chiricahua Apache), M.S., Chemical Engineering, Winter 2022 Belin Tsinnajinnie (Navajo) - M.S., Mathematics, Summer 2006 Koiya Tuttle (Yurok) - M.S., Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Fall 2014 Rachel Victor (Osage Nation) - M.S., Biochemistry, Summer 2018 Chase Voirin (Navajo) - M.S., Natural Resources-Wildlife & Fisheries Science, Spring 2016 Alison Watson (Navajo) - M.S., Immunobiology, Spring 2022 Chris Yazzie (Navajo) - M.S., Environmental Engineering, Spring 2020 Cordell Yazzie (Navajo) - M.S., Civil Engineering, Fall 2010
