Cherokee Scholars
This page contains a list of: (1) Cherokee professors/instructors who are currently employed at colleges and universities, (2) Cherokee language and humanities experts who work for tribes or in the private sector; (3) other Cherokees who hold terminal degrees, and (4) current PhD candidates. All individuals listed on this page are enrolled citizens/members of the Cherokee Nation, UKB and/or Eastern Band.
Full Time University Professors/Instructors:
- Armer, Christine (Univ. of Oklahoma)
- Belt, Tom (Western Carolina University)
- Byers, Lisa (University of Oklahoma)
- Calhoun, Anne (University of New Mexico)
- Coates, Juila (UC-Davis)
- Cockrell, Karen Sunday (University of Missouri)
- Corntassel, Jeff (Univ. of Victoria)
- Dixon, Lynda Dee (Bowling Green)
- Feeling, Durbin (Univ. of Oklahoma)
- Foster, Charles (Univ. of Oklahoma)
- Garroutte, Eva (Boston College)
- Griffin, Gwen (Minnesota State Univ.)
- Hannah, Leslie D. (Kansas State)
- Holm, Tom (University of Arizona)
- Justice, Daniel Heath (University of Toronto)
- Leeds, Stacy (Univ. of Kansas)
- Lambert, Michael (UNC-Chapill Hill)
- Oosahwee, Harry (NSU-Ok)
- Ray, Alan (Elmhurst College)
- Russell, Steve (Univ. of Indiana)
- Snipp, Matthew (Stanford University)
- Teuton, Christopher (Univ of Denver)
- Teuton, Sean (Univ. of Wisconsin)
- Thurman, Pamela Jumper (Colorado State University)
- Writer, Jeanette Haynes (New Mexico State University)
Visiting Professors, Fellows and Adjunct Faculty
- Meredith, America (Institute of American Indian Arts)
- Oeser, Michael (University of Wisconsin)
- Terrell, Jason R. (University of Memphis)
Cherokee Language & Humanities Experts (Working for Tribes or Private Sector):
- Huckabee, Anna (Cherokee Nation)
- Mackey, Ryan (Cherokee Nation)
- Sixkiller, Dennis (Cherokee Nation)
- Sly, Gloria (Cherokee Nation)
Cherokees with PhD (Working for Tribes, Private Sector or Independent):
- Donohue, Betty (PhD, UCLA (English))
- Gourd, Charles (PhD, Univ. of Kansas (Anthropology))
- Sly, Gloria (PhD, Univ of Oklahoma (Education Admin))
Cherokee PhD Candidates:
- Brown, Kirby (Univ. of Texas (English))
- Burkhart, Brian Yazzie (Univ. of Indiana (Philosophy))
- Carroll, Clint (Univ. of CA-Berkeley (Environmental Science, Policy, and Management))
- Hausman, Blake (Univ. of CA-Berkeley (English))
- Lewis, Courtney (UNC-Chapill Hill (Anthropology)