Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
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Building a healthy Navajo Nation

Dylan | January 11, 2023

In an unprecedented move eight years ago, the Navajo Nation created the first-ever tax in the U.S. that supports health promotion and disease prevention through a law that collects a 2 percent tax on foods with little to no nutritional value and removes the 5 percent tax on fruits, vegetables and water… Read more

CHER staff spotlight: Carmenlita Chief

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When Carmenlita Chief is involved in a research project, you can be sure that it will involve listening and connecting to the community in all aspects of the work—from the initial community consultation, throughout the evaluative research study and especially in reporting the findings back to them… Read more

$4 million award funds new Center for Native American Cancer Health Equity

Dylan | November 10, 2022

Improving cancer screening rates among Native Americans, increasing education about tribe-specific cancer trends, and addressing disproportionately high exposure to carcinogenic environmental contaminants are just a few aims of the newly funded Center for Native American Cancer Health Equity (C-NACHE)… Read more
Dirk de Heer talking to a student at a table.

CHER spotlight: Janet Yellowhair

Dylan | November 9, 2022

When Janet Yellowhair was young, she spent many hours watching her mother working as a medical support assistant in the Indian Health Service facility in Kayenta, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation… Read more

SHERC Investigator Development Core serves more than 20 new NAU faculty

Dylan | October 31, 2022

For new faculty members at Northern Arizona University, finding a developed mentorship support team to assist them in their first few years can make all the difference in establishing a successful career, creating effective research and giving back as a mentor to new faculty and students in the future… Read more