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UA/Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership Summary Number of scholars currently in the program: 31 (21 Ph.D.s and 10 Master's) Number of Degrees Scholars earned: 118 (32 Ph.D./1 Pharm. D. degrees and 85 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
