Skip to main content

Who We Are

Co-Chairs

Daniel M. Cobb

Professor of American Studies
dcobb@unc.edu

 

Michael Lambert

Enrolled Citizen, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Associate Professor of African Studies and Anthropology
mlambert@unc.edu

 

Members

Brandon Bayne

Associate Professor of Religious Studies
bayne@unc.edu

 

Marissa Carmi

Enrolled Citizen, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Associate Director, American Indian Center
Graduate Student in American Studies
mcarmi@live.unc.edu

 

Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld

Professor of Anthropology
rudi-colloredo@unc.edu

 

Ben Frey

Enrolled Citizen, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Assistant Professor of American Studies
benfrey@email.unc.edu

 

Valerie Lambert

Enrolled Citizen, Choctaw Nation
Professor of Anthropology
vlambert@unc.edu

 

Ruth Matamoros-Mercado

Miskitu
Assistant Professor of Geography and Environment
mmercado@unc.edu

 

David Mora-MarĂ­n

Professor of Linguistics
davidmm@unc.edu

 

Juanita Paz-Chalacha

Enrolled Citizen, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
American Indian and Indigenous Studies Major
jua@email.unc.edu

 

Yurika Tamura

Descendant of the Ainu people/Zainichi Korean
Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Kaufman Family Global Fellow
ytamura@unc.edu