American Indian Studies
1123 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States
CAHSS Professors receive awards for excellence in undergraduate education

Associate Professor of Philosophy Jeanine Weekes Schroer, and Associate Professor of American Indian Studies Carter Meland of UMD’s College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences (CAHSS) have each been chosen to receive the Horace T. Morse Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education.
Professor Carter Meland Receives a 2024-25 Horace T. Morse-Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Award

Carter Meland has been chosen to receive the 2024-25 Horace T. Morse - University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education!
Graduate Certificates
Graduate Certificates
Apply online for the Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 Cohorts! Application deadlines: August 1 & November 1. (Please note that many scholarship deadlines occur on or before May 1.)
Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Hires in American Indian Studies

The Department of American Indian Studies (UMD College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences) invites applications for two tenure track positions beginning fall semester 2025. The appointments will be 100% time over the nine-month academic year (mid August to mid May).
Tadd Johnson, Professor Emeritus, receiving the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Presidential Medal

The #ASHE2024 Presidential Medal, awarded by ASHE President Jeni Hart, will be presented to Tadd M. Johnson, Esq. (Bois Forte Ojibwe), a nationally recognized leader in Minnesota higher education and Native American law and advocacy.