"I decided to be a historian because I want to tell stories and histories that are often overlooked in Indian country," says John Little, a PhD student who is thrilled to be a part of a growing wave of new Native scholars who are changing the field of Native studies and history.
From living in various countries as a child, to holding political positions in El Salvador, Paula Cuellar has seen it all. After completing three master's programs in the both the United States and in El Salvador, she looks to create change both domestically and abroad.
If you're not from Alaska, you might not be familiar with its history of USĀ settler colonialism and imperialism. Third-year PhD student Jessica Leslie Arnett wants to change that.
A study abroad experience led Elliot James to discover one of the few black-owned and -run businesses in apartheid-era South Africa. Now he studies that industry as a UMN graduate student.