American Indian Studies Program

College of the Sciences
Ellensburg
Dean Hall, room 355
509-963-3201
https://www.cwu.edu/academics/american-indian-studies/index.php

Program Directors
Steven Hackenberger, PhD
Christopher Schedler, PhD

Professors
Jason Dormady, PhD, history
Steven Hackenberger, PhD, anthropology
Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, MA, anthropology
Daniel Herman, PhD, history
Patrick Lubinski, PhD, anthropology
Christopher Schedler, PhD, English

Associate Professors
Nicole Jastremski, PhD, anthropology

Assistant Professor
John Ribo, PhD, English

Senior Lecturer
Kevin Feeney, interdisciplinary studies - social sciences

Staff
Penelope Anderson, administrative assistant II

Course Offerings
Frequency of course offering information can be found by contacting the department directly.

Programs

• American Indian Studies Minor

Courses

• AIS 101 - American Indian Culture before European Contact
• AIS 102 - American Indians in the Contact Period
• AIS 103 - Contemporary American Indian Experience
• AIS 296 - Individual Study
• AIS 298 - Special Topics
• AIS 321 - American Indian Spirituality (Put on reserve 9/16/25, will go inactive 8/24/28)
• AIS 396 - Individual Study
• AIS 397 - Honors
• AIS 398 - Special Topics
• AIS 399 - Seminar
• AIS 490 - Cooperative Education
• AIS 491 - Workshop
• AIS 496 - Individual Study
• AIS 497 - Honors
• AIS 498 - Special Topics
• AIS 499 - Seminar