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"These places reflect the collective knowledge of Hopewell era peoples regarding STEAM – science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics and the ways they incorporated all of these fields into a holistic way of living and world view. "
--Director Dr. John Low [Pokagon Band of Potawatomi], Newark Earthworks Center.
Faculty and Scholars
Professor of Architecture, Knowlton School of Architecture
The Ohio State University
Senior Lecturer, Comparative Studies, Religious Studies
The Ohio State University
Cornell Provost’s New Faculty Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor
Cornell University
Member of the Faculty Oversight Committee
Professor of Anthropology | The Ohio State University
Associate Dean and Associate Professor of English
The Ohio State University
Reference and Special Collections Librarian | The Ohio State University Libraries
Lecturer of Geography | The Ohio State University
Faculty Oversight Committee Member of the Newark Earthworks Center
Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University
Director of CHRR, Department of Human Sciences
Professor of College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
Lecturer of Undergraduate Education | Undergraduate Education, Administration
College of Education and Human Ecology
Associate Professor of Mathematics
The Ohio State University
Site Manager of Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries and Nature Preserve
Ohio History Connection
Curator of Archaeology | The Ohio History Connection
Visiting Professor of Anthropology | The Ohio State University
Director of the Newark Earthworks Center
Associate Professor of Comparative Studies | The Ohio State University
Director of Chronos Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Communications| The Ohio State University
Member of the Faculty Oversight Committee
Associate Professor of Geography | The Ohio State University
Senior Lecturer of History
The Ohio State University
Associate Professor of History
The Ohio State University
Adjunct Instructor of History
North Central State College
Associate Professor of Physics Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy | The Ohio State University
Founding Director of the SciDome| The Ohio State University at Newark and The Works; Chief Science Officer | The Works
Faculty Oversight Committee Member of the Newark Earthworks Center
Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Education: Teaching and Learning | The Ohio State University
Member of the Faculty Oversight Committee
Associate Professor of the Department of Teaching and Learning | The Ohio State University
Faculty Oversight Committee Member of the Newark Earthworks Center
Program Director of American Indian Studies, Assistant Professor of English | The Ohio State University
Faculty Oversight Committee Member of the Newark Earthworks Center
Professor of English, The Ohio State University
Professor of Anthropology
The Ohio State University
"Without collective traditional ways, the earthworks would not exist. The builders’ knowledge enfolded in the everyday and the story of the everyday was passed down generation to generation; connecting who they were to who we are becoming."
-Former Director of American Indian Studies Dr. Christine Ballengee-Morris, The Ohio State University.
Members of the American Indian Studies (AIS) Advisory Committee at Ohio State University
The American Indian Studies Program Plays Several Roles at Ohio State
We offer an interdisciplinary undergraduate Minor.
We collaborate with other university programs and departments to develop American Indian Studies programming.
We work with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Multicultural Center to promote awareness of Native issues on campus and to promote the recruitment and retention of Native students.
We work with departments to promote the hiring of faculty working in American Indian Studies fields.
- Matthew Anderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Arts and Sciences
- Marti Chaatsmith (Comanche Nation, descendant of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Associate Director of the Newark Earthworks Center,
- Cheryl Cash (Choctaw/Cherokee descendant), Senior Lecturer of Comparative Studies and Religious Studies, Ohio State Newark
- Alcira Dueñas, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State Newark
- Madison Eagle (Tsalagi (Cherokee), Shawnee descendant), Intern-Senior Supportive Services at Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center,
- Shannon Gonzales-Miller (Ute descendant), Director of the Scholars Program, Office of Diversity and Inclusion,
- John Low (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi), Assistant Professor of Comparative Studies, Ohio State Newark; Tribal Representative of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi,
- Teresa Lynch (Lakota (Cheyenne River – Mnikȟówožu)), Director of Chronos Laboratory, Assistant Professor of Communications,
- Lucy Murphy, Professor of History, Ohio State Newark
- Daniel Rivers [Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma], Associate Professor of History, Program Coordinator of American Indian Studies,
- Tim San Pedro, Associate Professor, Education and Human Ecology,
- Elissa Washuta [Cowlitz Indian Tribe], Assistant Professor of English
"Today’s best idea for the Newark Earthworks is to achieve world wide recognition by linking our earthworks with Fort Ancient and the Hopewell Culture National Park in a World Heritage site which will be called “the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks.” We will preserve our astounding earthworks, draw visitors from around the world, introduce our community to a global audience and teach the world about an astounding American Indian ancient culture that flourished here in Ohio long ago roughly 2000 years ago."
-Dr. Richard Shiels, Former Director of the Newark Earthworks Center
"World Heritage the best future for Newark Earthworks" [external link], The Newark Advocate. January 16, 2022.
Retired Scholars
Professor Emeritus in the Arts Administration, Education and Policy Department
The Ohio State University
American Indian/Indigenous Student Initiatives Intercultural Specialist
Office of Student Life, Multicultural Center | The Ohio State University
Professor Emeritus
University of Cincinnati
Professor Emeritus in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Former Faculty Director OSU InFACT | The Ohio State University
Former Member of the Faculty Oversight Committee
Professor Emeritus of History | The Ohio State University
Associate Professor Emeritus
Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD), Department of Design | The Ohio State University
Former Director of the Newark Earthworks Center
Associate Professor Emeritus of History | The Ohio State University
Former Executive Director of the Food and AgriCultural Transformation
Office of Academic Affairs | The Ohio State University
