NAISA is governed by a constitution and by-laws. The first election of association officers took place in the spring of 2009. Current officers and Councilors are listed below, followed by former officers and Councilors. Biographies of all council members are available by clicking on their names, and email links are also listed so members can be in touch with officers. The Council meets twice a year face-to-face and electronically and on a monthly basis in between.
2012-2013
President
K. Tsianina Lomawaima (Creek)
University of Arizona
email Tsianina Lomawaima
President-Elect
Makere Stewart-Harawira (Waitaha)
resigned January 2013: replacement by special election to be determined
Past President
Kathryn Shanley (Assiniboine)
University of Montana
President
email Kathryn Shanley
David Chang (Kanaka Maoli)
University of Minnesota
Secretary
email David Chang
N. Bruce Duthu (United Houma Nation of Louisiana)
Dartmouth College
Treasurer
email N. Bruce Duthu
Council Members
Terms expire 2013
Vicente Diaz (Pohnpeian and Filipino)
University of Michigan
email Vicente Diaz
Kimberly TallBear (Dakota)
University of California, Berkeley
email Kimberly TallBear
Terms expire 2014
Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)
University of Toronto
email Daniel Justice
Jose Antonio Lucero (Tony) (Chicano)
University of Washington
email Tony Lucero
Terms expire 2015
LeAnne Howe (Choctaw)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
email ileannehowe@gmail.com
Aileen Moreton-Robinson (Geonpul)
Queensland University of Technology
email a.moreton-robinson@qut.edu.au
FORMER OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS
Kathryn Shanley, Pres, 2011-2012
Jean O'Brien, Pres, 2010-2011
Robert Warrior, Pres, 2009-2010
Maggie Walter, Sec, 2009-2012
Treasurer, Brendan Hokowhitu, 2009-2012
Councilors:
J. Kehaulani Kauanui, 2009-2012
Noenoe Silva, 2009-2012
Alice Te Punga Somerville, 2009-2011
Chris Anderson, 2009-2011
Lisa Brooks, 2009-2010
Rob Innes, 2009-2010
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| NAISA Constitution & Bylaws amended March 2012.pdf | 65.29 KB |