MA Program in American Indian Studies:
2007–08 Admissions

With eleven new students (including seven American Indians) entering this fall 2007, the master of arts degree program will welcome one of its largest entering classes since the fall of 1998. Included in the new student cohort will be two students who have been admitted into the MA-JD joint degree program in American Indian Studies and Law.

Alastair Bitsoi (Navajo)
Gonzaga Political Science/Criminal Justice

Michael Cavanaugh
University of Wisconsin American Indian Studies

Amber Crotty (Navajo)
UCLA History

Matthew de Lira
UCLA American Indian Studies

Alison Grigonis (Potawatomi) (MA-JD joint degree)
UC Santa Barbara Political Science

Luis Giraldo
Pacific Oaks College Human Development

Jesse Johnson (Cheyenne River Sioux)
Evergreen State College American Indian Studies

Tahesha Knapp-Christensen (Omaha)
CSU Long Beach Anthropology/American Indian Studies

Andrew Lara (Juaneño Band of Mission Indians)
USC Nursing

Alisa Lee (Paiute)
Brigham Young University Psychology-Native American Studies, Law

Caroline Mayhew (MA-JD joint degree)
Simon’s Rock College Latin American Studies/Native American Studies