Tribal Nations, STEM, and Indigenous Education
310 Pillsbury Dr SE
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
The Good Relatives Project presents "Tribal Nations, STEM, and Indigenous Education: From university-based research to community impact."
From 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Dr. Philip Stevens (San Carlos Apache) and Dr. Vanessa Anthony-Stevens will lead a talk, "Academic Raiding: Attending to promise and precarity in Tribal Nation Building." This will be a hybrid talk, available both in-person and online.
From 12:00 - 1:00 PM, there will be a lunch for in-person attendees at the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub.
From 1:00 - 2:30 PM, Steve Smith, Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, and Darlene St. Clair will lead a workshop for in-person attendees.
This event is supported by the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub's Residency Program. Details on how to park and locate The Hub can be found under the Locations & Directions page.
NOTE: There is significant road construction around campus. University Avenue is reduced to one lane between 10th Avenue SE and 14th Avenue SE (between 35W and The Hub) through May. I-94 is reduced to two lanes in each direction, and entrance ramps to I-94 from Huron Boulevard are closed through May (follow detour signs). Please plan accordingly.
Meet the Facilitators:
Born on the San Carlos Apache reservation, Dr. Philip Stevens grew up at Farm Station in Peridot. He is the son of Homer and Nalani Stevens. Philip’s clans are Tudiłhiłhi and Deschiini. Philip is married to Dr. Vanessa Anthony-Stevens. He has two daughters, Carmen and Hazel.
Philip is an expert in the machinations of Eurocentric ontologies and epistemologies and their intersection on Indigenous lands in the Americas. He studies intertwining beliefs, nature, justification and scope of science and mathematics among indigenous communities.
Philip is an associate professor of anthropology and the director of the American Indian Studies program at University of Idaho.
Dr. Vanessa Anthony-Stevens is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at the University of Idaho. Vanessa is an educational researcher who explores the intersections of cultural and jurisdictional contact zones in learning, policy implementation, and institutional sensemaking. Vanessa’s research highlights the complexities of Indigenous community driven education and the tenacity of critical participatory research to advance change. Vanessa’s work has been featured in the Journal of Teacher Education, Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, Cultural Studies in Science Education, and Anthropology & Education Quarterly. She is Principal Investigator of funded partnerships from entities including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the Spencer Foundation, and the Idaho Workforce Development Council. She is mother to two daughters, and a former K-12 teacher.