Christie G. Kelly, MHR

University of Arizona
Major: Higher Education | Minor: American Indian Studies
Graduate - Doctor of Philosophy
Diversity Fellow

I am currently a PhD student at UA in Higher Education and my minor is American Indian Studies. American Indian higher education is my passion. I currently work as the counselor at Tohono O'odham Community College.  Due to the small size of TOCC, I am also the Title IX Coordinator and the Campus Clery officer. I was a Chief Manuelito scholar as an undergraduate student and an Arnold Air society scholarship recipient as a Master’s student.  I received the Diversity Fellowship from the Education Department at UA in 2012-2013, as well as the Cobell graduate fellowship for the 2015-2016 academic year. On a larger scale, I am interested in sociology of education, as well as factors that relate to equality in education including race, gender, and socioeconomic status.  On a smaller scale, I am fascinated by the current and historical factors that have impacted American Indian education. Specifically, I wish to explore how tribal colleges can meet federal postsecondary educational guidelines and policy while also maintaining unique cultural elements within that policy.