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World Social Science Association

Formerly the Western Social Science Association

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AAAS - African/African American Studies
ABS - Association For Borderland Studies
AFIT - Economics (Association For Institutional Thought)
AIS - American Indian Studies
AS - Asian Studies
CDD - Chronic Disease & Disability
CJC - Criminal Justice & Criminology
CMS - Communication Studies
CS - Canadian Studies
EG - Economics General

EPN - Environmenal Policy & Natural Resource Management
GD - Globalization & Development
HIS - History
LASC - Latin American Studies & Chicano-Iberian Culture Network
MC - Mass Communication
MENA - Middle East & North Africa
NPPS - Non-Profit, Philanthropy, Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
NZAS - New Zealand & Australia Studies
PA - Public Administration
PFB - Public Finance & Budgeting

PS - Political Science
RAS - Rural & Agricultural Studies
SA - Sociology & Anthropology
SES - Slavic & Eurasian Studies
SP - Social Psychology
SW - Social Work
URPE - Union For Radical Political Economists
US - Urban Studies
WGBL - Women's, Gender, & LGBTQ Studies

AIS - American Indian Studies

13
Apr
2023

AIS 1 - Indigenous Research Roundtable: Resilience and Challenges of Indigenous Research

04-13-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
Wind Flower

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

How food sovereignty initiatives allowed southern Louisiana Bayou tribes to engage in protective measures for their communities and elders during the first wave of the COVID pandemic in 2020., Michele Companion, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Impact of Covid-19 on Native American Women., Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox, University of Arizona

Current issues in Indigenous Environmental Justice., Karen Jarratt-Snider, Northern Arizona University.

“Indigenous Research Refusing Boundaries of Recognition."  I want to discuss the way bureaucratic and academic language traps Indigenous people and relationships, and strategies to avoid confinement.  It's based on Indigenous research in negotiations with U.S. Forest Service over future management of the San Francisco Peaks., Christopher Jocks, Northern Arizona University.

International comparisons to the federal boarding school system., Stefanie Kunze, Northern Arizona University
“My general focus is on gender violence, trafficking, and sex worker rights policy development in US  Indian Country and global indigenous contexts.  I am currently developing a project articulating how US policy-making demonstrates state-sanctioned racial and political violence encoded in the law for Indian Country and African-American communities.,” April Petillo, Northern Arizona University

Impact of Covid-19 on Native American Women., Aresta Tsosie-Paddock, University of Arizona

Effective Teaching in the Classroom ., Earlene Camarillo, Western Oregon University

13
Apr
2023

AIS 2 - Indigenous Sovereignty and Initiatives

04-13-2023 1:00 pm -2:30 pm
Campanile

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

Moderator: Dr. Stephan M. Sachs

 

Indigenuity: Some Supportive Thoughts and General Observations., Dr. Nicholas C. Peroff. University of Missouri-Kansas City

Some Thoughts on Recent Federal Initiatives: Artificial Intelligence and Indigenous Technology., Dr. Richard M. Wheelock. Fort Lewis College

Sovereignty and Child Welfare: Countering the Attack on the Indian Child Welfare Act (I)., Dr. Stephan M. Sachs. IUPUI, USA

13
Apr
2023

AIS 3 - Roundtable: Resilience and Mental Wellness Among Indigenous Nations: Meeting Challenges Presented by Covid-19

04-13-2023 2:45 pm -4:15 pm
Sand Lotus

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

Moderator: Dr. Karen Jarrett-Snider

 

Dr. Juliette Roddy, Northern Arizona University
Dr. Amanda Hunter, Northern Arizona University
Melinda Smith, Northern Arizona University
Carol Goldtooth, Northern Arizona University

13
Apr
2023

AIS 8 - AIS Business Meeting

04-13-2023 4:30 pm -6:00 pm
Sand Lotus

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

AIS Dinner: Off-site (TBA)

14
Apr
2023

AIS 4 - Indigenous Inquiry of Place and Discourse

04-14-2023 8:00 am -9:30 am
Joshua Tree

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

Moderator: Dr. Aresta Tsosie-Paddock

 

Indigenous Critical Discourse Analysis Framework(s)., Crystal Luce, University of Colorado - Denver

Cross-Cultural Interactions in Public Space: A Geosemiotic Reading of Indigenous Aerosol Muralism, .Dr. Gavin Healey. Northern Arizona University

14
Apr
2023

AIS 5 - Vine Deloria, Jr Discussion

04-14-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
Joshua Tree

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

Moderator: Dr. Aresta Tsosie-Paddock

 

Dr. Nicholas C. Peroff, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Dr. Richard M. Wheelock, Fort Lewis College

14
Apr
2023

AIS 6 - Sovereignty

04-14-2023 2:45 pm -4:15 pm
Joshua Tree

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

Moderator: Dr. Mary Tippeconnic-Fox

 

An Analysis/Integration of Decolonization Perspective for Cultural Sustainable Engineering Education in Higher Education for Native American Students., Mark Clytus. University of Arizona

Kill the Indian, Save the Man – A Biochemical Inception., Deon Isaac Eagleman. Northern Arizona University

Adverse Effects of Covid-19 among Native American Population., Burden, Madison and Bickle, Taryn, Northern Arizona University

14
Apr
2023

AIS 7 - Roundtable: Indigenous Visibility, Indigenous Strength

04-14-2023 4:30 pm -6:00 pm
Joshua Tree

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

Moderator: Dr. Christopher Jocks, Northern Arizona University

 

Shayna Brown, Northern Arizona University

Ashley Dawasevaya, Northern Arizona University

Michelle Mexican, Northern Arizona University

Stephanie Patrick, Northern Arizona University