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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center,

As many of your know, I officially assumed the role of Professor of Law and Director of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center on July 1, 2010. As we kick off the 2010-2011 academic year, I write now to share with you what's going on at the Center.

I thank you all for your continued support of the Center and its work.  Please be on the lookout for announcements regarding our activities in the coming year. We look forward to seeing you at our gatherings and events.

Megwetch (thank you)

Angela R. Riley
Director

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MEET OUR STAFF

ANGELA R. RILEY
Director
Angela R. Riley (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) joined UCLA as Professor of Law and Director of the American Indian Studies Center on July 1, 2010. Professor Riley has been a Visiting Professor of Law at UCLA since the fall of 2008, and has served as the Acting Associate Director of the Center since October 15, 2009. Click here to read more about Prof. Riley.

REBECCA HERNANDEZ ROSSER
Assistant Director & MSO
On July 1, 2010, Rebecca Hernandez Rosser (Mescalero Apache/Mexican-American) assumed the role of Assistant Director at AISC. She will also continue to work as the Center's Management Services Officer (MSO). Click here to read more about Dr. Rosser.

KEN WADE
Librarian
In 1994, Ken received his bachelor's degree at San Diego State University with majors in history and religious studies. Next he chose to pursue a career in librarianship. He received his MLIS at UCLA in 1997, and in September of that year became the librarian at the American Indian Studies Center. Ken is particularly pleased to be making the library's collection known to the world through the UCLA Library catalog.

PAMELA GRIEMAN
Publications Manager
Pamela Grieman received her PhD in English from the University of Southern California. Her dissertation, "Representing the Unnarratable: 'Feminist Terrorism' and the Problem of Realism in the Novel," examines the portrayal of leftwing female and feminist "terrorists" within the social, political, and historical contexts from which the novelists derived their material. She has served as the Managing Editor of the American Indian Culture and Research Journal and as the Publications Manager of the American Indian Studies Center since 1997. Currently, she is Acting Editor of the journal.

CHRISTINE DUNN
Senior Editor
Christine A.T. Dunn, Senior Editor at the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, holds a bachelor of science in business administration with a major in management from LeMoyne College and a master of science degree in magazine publishing from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She has worked in the Publications Department at the American Indian Studies Center for four and a half years.

AMANDA PATRICK
Administrative Assistant
Amanda Patrick (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Women's Studies and a minor in Public Policy. As an undergraduate at UCLA, she served as the treasurer for the American Indian Student Association (AISA) for 2 years, and wrote budget proposals for campus events such as the UCLA Pow Wow and the Youth Conference & Basketball Tournament. Currently, she is a member of the Tsa-La-Gi Cherokee Indian Association of Los Angeles, a satellite community of the Cherokee Indian Tribe in Oklahoma. Amanda has worked at the American Indian Studies Center for 7 years.

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