Position
- Associate Professor (Fall 2019)
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology (2014 – 2019)
Department of Anthropology
Western Washington University
Education
- University of New Mexico
MA (2005), Ethnology & Linguistics
PhD. (2013), Ethnology & Linguistics
Dissertation: “Sowing Seeds for the Future to Honor Tigua History and Tradition”: Diabetes Prevention Practices at Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
Committee: Dr. Les Field (Chair), Dr. Beverly Singer, Dr. Erin Debenport, Dr. Louise Lamphere, Dr. Nina Wallerstein
- University of Chicago
BA (1999), Anthropology & Latin American Studies
MA (2003), Master of Arts Program in the Social Science (focus on Federal Indian Law)
MA Thesis: Issues of Tigua Recognition: Negotiating Legal and Ethnic Identity on the U.S. – Mexico Border. Committee: Dr. Straus and Dr. Fogelson
BA Thesis: From Failed Literacy Programs to a Pan-Indian Identity: The Role of Indigenismo in the Formation of the Mexican Indian, 1920-1940. B.A. Thesis. Advisor: Dr. Straus
For a complete list of current projects, please check out my research page and download my Bruna-CV-2019.