Collaboratory Members

We acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples and their lands on which we live and work, recognizing that the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance emerges from a commitment from each one of us to our relatives, communities, and constituents. Our work is anchored by our shared values and goals around Indigenous Peoples rights to, interests in, and relationships with their data, information, and knowledges. We acknowledge and hold accountability to our ancestors, our knowledge keepers including the land and our non-human kin. We acknowledge ancestors who came before us, and youth who will continue keeping and sharing our knowledges with generations to come.

Collaboratory Team Admins

Stephanie Russo Carroll, DrPH, MPH

Ahtna, from the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah, and Sicilian-descent

Pronouns: she/her

Positions: Collaboratory Leader & Associate Professor, University of Arizona.

Email me: stephanicarroll@arizona.edu

Andrew Martinez, BS

O’odham,  Diegueño, and Yoeme

Pronouns: he/him

Positions: Research Specialist, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona

Email me: andrewmartinez@arizona.edu

Ibrahim Garba, SJD, JD, MA, LLM

Karai-Karai (Nigeria)

Pronouns: he/him

Positions: Assistant Research Professor, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona & Senior Researcher, Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona

Email me: garbai@arizona.edu


Current Members

Alison Watson
Diné

E: alisonwatson@arizona.edu

Angela Marquez
Diné

E: angielamarquez@gmail.com

Breanna Lameman, MPH
Diné

E: blameman@arizona.edu

Britnee Johnston, MPP
Vietnamese & Blackfeet

E: Bcjohnston@arizona.edu

Caleigh Curley, DrPh
Diné & Hopi

E: ccurley@arizona.edu

Cas Sedran-Price, MSc, PhD
Muruwari/Gangugari

E: cassandra.sedran-price@sydney

Cassidy Schoenfelder, MA
Oglála Lakȟóta

E: cschoenfelder@arizona.edu

Celeste Kimimila Terry, BA
Oglála Lakȟóta

E: see full bio for email

Cheryl Ellenwood, MA, PhD
Nez Perce & Navajo

E: cheryl.ellenwood@wsu.edu

Christina E. Oré, MPH, DrPh
Andean descendant from Huancavelica – Ayacucho, Peru & Irish descent

E: core1@uw.edu 

Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, PhD Northern Cheyenne & Chicana

E: desi@datawarriorslab.org 

Dominique M. David-Chavez, PhD
Multicultural Indigenous Carribbean (Arawak Taíno)

E: dominique.da…@colostate.edu 

Electa Leigh Hare, MSW
Pawnee Nation

E: eh0629@pawneenation.org  

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Ellie Claw

E: 

Felina Cordova-Marks, DrPh
MPH, MSc – Hopi

E: felina@arizona.edu

Jill Greender, PhD
Ho-Chunk Nation, Potawatomi & Kaw

E: jillgreendeer@gmail.com

Jordyn Leith
Bailess

E: jleithbailess@arizona.edu

Joshua Brown, PhD, MPH, MPA
Séliš, Aaniiih& Nakóda

E: spelqwa@gmail.com

Kyra James, BS
Diné

E: kjames3@arizona.edu

Lauren W. Yowelunh McLester-
Davis, PhD – Oneida Nation

E:  lwymd@medicine.wisc.edu

Lydia Jennings, BS, PhD
Wixárika, Yoeme & Greek

E: lljennings@arizona.edu

Marisella Molina, BA
Pascua Yaqui

E: marisellamolina@arizona.edu

Marlaina H. Maddux, LCSW
Diné & Irish-descent

E: mmaddux@arizona.edu

Mary Beth Jäger, MSW
Citizen Potawatomi, Xicana & German-descent

E: mbjager@umich.edu

Nanibaa’ Garrison, PhD Chicana, Diné

E: nanibaa@socgen.ucla.edu

Natasha Haycock-Chavez, MA
Chicana, Apache/Yaqui, British

E: natasha.haycock-chavez@colo

Nicole B. Halmai, BS, PhD
Diné

E: nbcoggins@ucdavis.edu

Ňkwi Flores, PhD
Kara-Kichwa Nation, Kutakachi Pueblo – Chichupamp Runa

E: nawi.k.flores@gmail.com

Noah Schlager, MSc
Mvskoke (Poarch Creek descendant), Creole & Jewish

E: noahschlager@protonmail.com

Riley Taitingfong, PhD
CHamoru

E: rtaitingfong@arizona.edu

Sara Rodriguez, BS, M.Ed
Pascua Yaqui

E: saralilyleyva@arizona.edu

Serena Natonabah, BS
Diné

E: serenana@rams.colostate.edu

Shecota Nalwood Nez, BS
Diné, Hopi & Ndéé descendant

E: shecotanez@arizona.edu

Tamara Layden
Multicultural S. Asian (Indian)

E: tamara.layden@colostate.edu

William Carson, MPH
Ohkay Owingeh

E: williamocarson@arizona.edu

Collaboratory Interns

Previous lab members

Previous Members

Danielle Hiraldo, MPA, PhD

E: hiraldo@arizona.edu

Rachelle Begay, MPH

E: rlbegay@arizon.edu

Annita Lucchesi, MA

E: alucchesi@arizona.edu

Leonard Mukosi, BSS, LLB, LLM

E: lmukosi@arizona.edu

Adam A. Fernandez, BS

E: aaf225@arizona.edu

Linda Paloma Soto, BS, MPH

E: lsoto2@grhc.org

Shelby Crespino, MA

E: svc293@nyu.edu

Darrah Blackwater, JD

E: dblackwater@arizon.edu