Amanda Tachine

Dr.Amanda R. Tachine is Navajo from Ganado, Arizona. She is Náneesht'ézhí Táchii'nii(Zuni Red Running into Water clan) born for Tl'izilani (Many Goats clan). Sheis an Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership & Innovation at ArizonaState Univesity. Amanda's research explores the relationship between systemicand structural histories of settler colonialism and the ongoing erasure ofIndigenous presence and belonging in college settings using qualitativeIndigenous methodologies. Her dissertation titled, Monsters and Weapons: Navajo students' stories on their journeys to college was awarded the 2016American Educational Research Association Division J Dissertation of the Year.She has published in the Journal of Higher Education, QualitativeInquiry, International Review of Qualitative Research, InternationalJournal of Qualitative Studies in Education, and other scholarly outlets.