Lloyd L. Lee, Ph.D., is director of The Center for Regional Studies at the University of New Mexico. The center is a multidisciplinary outreach facility designed to enhance the work of the university through student fellowships, research, program funding, visiting scholars, digital media and other projects with a particular emphasis on activities that increase the understanding of New Mexico, the U.S. Mexico Borderlands, the Americas and Spain.

He is also an Associate Professor and Graduate Director in UNM's Native American Studies Department. A citizen of the Navajo Nation, he is Kinyaa’áanii (Towering House), born for Tl’ááschí’í (Red Bottom). His maternal grandfather’s clan is ‘Ashiihí (Salt) and his paternal grandfather’s clan is Tábaahá (Water’s Edge).

Author and editor of several books, he has also published articles in Wicazo Sa Review, The American Indian Quarterly, Indigenous Policy Journal, American Journal of Indigenous Studies, AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education, & Society, and The International Journal of the Sociology of Language.

His research focuses on American Indian identity, masculinities, leadership, philosophies, and native nation and community building

He has served on UNM’s Diversity Council and on the city of Albuquerque’s Commission on Indian Affairs. He has been involved with Diné Studies Conference, Inc., since 2003, and a past council member of the American Indian Studies Association.

Read Dr. Lee's full curriculum vitae.