CBIKS Team : NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science : UMass Amherst

CBIKS Leadership Circle

The NSF CBIKS Leadership Circle (CLC) leads NSF CBIKS in accomplishing the primary activities of the center.

Sonya Atalay

Director, PI

Provost Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Anthropology

Anna Antoniou

Assistant Director, Co-PI

Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of Massachusetts

Addie Rose Holland

Managing Director

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Ora Marek-Martinez

Co-PI, Southwest Hub, Higher Ed Policy Co-Lab, Broadening Participation Coordinator

Associate Professor, Anthropology, Northern Arizona University

Shannon Martin

Participatory Planner and Cultural Consultant

Cultural Pathways

Bonnie Dawn Newsom

Co-PI, Northeast Hub, Knowledge Exchange Coordinator

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine

Brie Shaw

Postdoctoral Scholar

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jon Woodruff

Co-PI, Science Review Circle

Professor, Earth Geographic, and Climate Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Central Staff

The CBIKS Central staff support the team through financial and research administration, cross-team communication, events support, and facilitation. Members are listed below.

Ruth Copeland

Grants and Contracts Coordinator

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Zoë Gardner

Research Manager, Science Review Circle

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Addie Rose Holland

Managing Director

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Shannon Martin

Participatory Planner and Cultural Consultant

Cultural Pathways

Emily Ranney

Senior Research Support Manager (Procurement)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Regional Research Hub Co-Leads

NSF CBIKS hubs are led by co-leads at universities or NGOs. Co-leads facilitate input to their hub’s research agenda and design opportunities for network-building and engagement within their hub. International programs in Australia and the Pacific Islands are supported through supplementary funds from UMass Amherst. Hub Co-leads are listed below.

Julie Brigham-Grette

Alaska Arctic Hub

Professor, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst

John Daigle

Northeast Hub

Professor of Forest Recreation Management, University of Maine

Kaitlyn Davis

Southwest Hub

Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Northern Arizona University

Mari Eggers

Mountains & Prairies Hub

Associate Research Professor, Environmental Health and Health Disparities, Montana State University

Jennifer Gauthier

Midwest Hub

Director, Sustainable Development Institute, College of Menominee Nation

Marco Hatch

Pacific Northwest Hub

Professor, College of the Environment, Western Washington University

Clarita Lefthand-Begay

Pacific Northwest Hub

Associate Professor, Information School, University of Washington

Ora Marek-Martinez

Co-PI, Southwest Hub, Higher Ed Policy Co-Lab, Broadening Participation Coordinator

Associate Professor, Anthropology, Northern Arizona University

David Michener

Midwest Hub

Curator at the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, University of Michigan

Bonnie Dawn Newsom

Co-PI, Northeast Hub, Knowledge Exchange Coordinator

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine

Kellie Pollard

Australia Hub

Lecturer Aboriginal Futures, First Nations Sovereignty and Diplomacy Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia

Darren Ranco

Northeast Hub

Chair of Native American Programs, Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine

Margaret Rudolf

Alaska Arctic Hub

Postdoctoral Researcher, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Vanessa Simonds

Mountains & Prairies Hub

Associate Professor, Health Literacy, Participatory Research, Indigenous Health, Montana State University

Claire Smith

Australia Hub

Professor, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Australia

Haki Tuaupiki

Pacific Islands Hub

Associate Professor, Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Waikato; Trustee Mātangireia Waka Trust

Kelley Uyeoka

Pacific Islands Hub

Executive Director, Huliauapa'a

Transforming Science Co-Laboratory Leads

The Transforming Science Co-Laboratories (Co-Labs) address a distinct theme within the CBIKS Indigenous Research Circle. Co-Labs learn alongside Hubs to build research portfolios in their specific thematic area. This work includes creating guidance documents, facilitating cross-institutional and cross-cultural dialogues, and producing impactful scholarship that advances knowledge in each thematic area. Co-Lab Leads are listed below.

Jane Anderson

Data Sovereignty Co-Lab

Associate Professor, Anthropology and Museum Studies, New York University

Ora Marek-Martinez

Co-PI, Southwest Hub, Higher Ed Policy Co-Lab, Broadening Participation Coordinator

Associate Professor, Anthropology, Northern Arizona University

Sally Pirie

Storywork & Knowledge Mobilization Co-Lab

Professor, College of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Noah Romero

Formal and Informal Education Co-Lab

Visiting Assistant Professor, American Studies, Amherst College

Tsim Schneider

Relationality & Research Development Co-Lab

Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of California Santa Cruz

Kisha Supernant

Braiding Fieldwork & Traditional Ecological Knowledge Co-Lab

Professor, Anthropology, University of Alberta

Alison Wylie

Ethics Co-Lab, Ethics Coordinator

Professor, Canada Research Chair, Philosophy of the Social and Historical Sciences, Associate Faculty, Anthropology, University of British Columbia

Postdoctoral Scholars

NSF CBIKS Postdoctoral Scholars support the Center’s research, education, and community-engaged work. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, they contribute to projects that respectfully braid Indigenous Knowledges and Western scientific approaches.

Dara Bramson

Postdoctoral Scholar & Braiding Knowledges Co-Lab