Jennifer Denetdale

Jennifer Denetdale is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and from Tohatchi, New Mexico. A Professor of American Studies at UNM, she received her Ph.D. in History from Northern Arizona University. The first Diné to receive a Ph.D. in History, she is the author of Reclaiming Diné History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita (2007) and two Navajo histories for young adults. She has authored numerous articles and essays that focus on Diné nation-building, Indigenous and Diné feminisms, Indigenous gender & sexuality, and settler colonialism and decolonization. She served as the director of UNM’s Institute for American Indian Research (IFAIR) and is currently the chair of the American Studies. Read more