Dominique M. David-Chavez, PhD
Multicultural Indigenous Caribbean (Arawak Taíno)
Pronouns: She/Her
Positions(s):
Assistant Professor of Indigenous Natural Resource Stewardship, Colorado State University Dept. of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, and Director of the Indigenous Land & Data Stewards Lab
Dr. David-Chavez is Director of the Indigenous Land & Data Stewards Lab, and Assistant Professor of Indigenous Natural Resource Stewardship at Colorado State University’s Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Department, working in partnership with the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance. She draws from her experiences as a multicultural Caribbean Indigenous (Arawak Taíno) community member, research scientist, educator, and learner in her scholarship and practice. In doing so, she holds an intergenerational commitment towards supporting culturally grounded community members as researchers and science leaders, restoring pathways for knowledge regeneration with the original stewards of Indigenous knowledge systems and the lands, waters, lifeways and languages within which they are embedded.
Publications:
David-Chavez, D. M., Gavin, M., Ortiz, N., Valdez, S., & Carroll, S. (2024). A values-centered relational science model: Supporting Indigenous rights and reconciliation in research. Ecology and Society, 29(2), art11. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14768-290211
Connect with me: indigenouslandstewards.org/connect-with-us