Dr. Valerie Shirley, Diné

Associate Professor of Indigenous Education

Co-Founding Director

CoE Dean's Fellow for Indigenous Education

Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies. She taught in two elementary schools located in two Indigenous communities in Arizona. She is a member of the Diné Nation (Ma’iideeshgizhinii, Tsinaajinni, Todich’iinii and Honaghaanii clans) which continues to shape her research and pedagogical interests.

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