60 Enrolled
31 PhD Students
29 MA Students
74% American Indian
12% International
72% Female
28% Male
•273 Graduates•
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Welcome to our program. Please look through our newly redesigned website for information that may be of interest to you.
We offer a full complement of coursework leading to an undergraduate minor and several degrees: a master of arts (MA); a joint MA and law (JD); and the doctorate (Ph.D.) including AIS as a minor area of concentration for other UA Ph.D. degrees. We have four specializations within our curriculum-Education, Law and Policy, Literature, and Societies and Culture--that are supported with coursework and research programs.
We are very pleased to announce TWO NEW graduate certificates - one in Higher Education and the other in Natural Resources Administration & Management. Application for the certificates can be made twice yearly.
We have 31 world-class faculty with various levels of assignments and interactions with AIS, including 13 that are fully or partially funded by AIS and/or other departments such as Anthropology, English, Family and Community Medicine, History, Language, Reading and Culture, Law, Linguistics, Natural Resources, Psychology, Sociology, the Udall Center for Public Policy and its Native Nations Institute-and our collaborations keep growing.
AIS is administered as a department, and reports to the Vice President for Research through the Graduate College Dean. The faculty and staff are here to help you become acquainted with our discipline of AIS and pursue a greater depth of knowledge through graduate study and research. You are invited to contact us for more information.
Biographical Sketch
Karen Francis-Begay is the Special Advisor to the President on Native American Affairs at The University of Arizona (UA). She serves as a key liaison between Native Nations and the University to advance mutual goals and strengthen partnerships. Previously, Karen was the Director for Native American Student Affairs where she developed the First-Year Scholars Program, a living-learning community for Native students that has resulted in increased retention rates. In addition to her work at the UA, Karen serves on several community and national boards to advance the voice and representation of Native peoples. She is a trustee with the College Board and is on the Board of Directors with the Hopi Education Endowment Fund and College Horizons. Karen has a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration and a Master of Arts degree in American Indian Studies from the UA, and she just began her Ph.D. program in Higher Education. Karen is Navajo originally from Chinle, Arizona.
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