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Yá’át’ééh! Tódích’íinii nishłí, tódích’íinii báshshíshchíín, tó’ahání dashicheii, ásh88hí dashinálí. Tódínéeshzhee’ déé’ naashá. 

Wendy S. Greyeyes, Ph.D. (Diné) is an Associate Professor of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico.  Dr. Greyeyes is chair of Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission, member of the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, faculty advisor for the Kiva Club, Co-Editor (with Dr. Lloyd Lee), Indigenous Studies in Community Building, UNM Press and Faculty Liaison, NM Humanities NOW, Mellon Foundation.  Dr. Greyeyes received the 2023 Ovation Award for Research and Scholarship from the Office of the Vice President, the 2023 Research and Creative Works Leader Award from the UNM Provost Advisory Review, the 2023 Faculty Teaching Award from the UNM Alumni Association, and the 2021 Sarah Brown Community Service Award from the University of New Mexico. 

Dr. Greyeyes formerly worked for the Arizona Governor as a Tribal Liaison for the Arizona Teacher Excellence Program and Homeland Security, a Grassroots Manager for the Indian Self Reliance Initiative in Arizona, a Statistician/Demographer for the Department of Diné Education, a Program Analyst/Chief Implementation Officer for the Bureau of Indian Education, and a research consultant with the Department of Diné Education. She currently is the Navajo representative member and chair for the New Mexico Indian Education Advisory Council (IEAC), former President of the Diné Studies Conference, Inc., former President of the American Indian Studies Association (AISA), and faculty advisor for the Kiva Club.  Dr. Greyeyes completed the year-long prestigious fellowship at Diné College called the Nídahwiil’aah Fellows Program, funded by the Mellon Foundation in 2023-2024. 

Dr. Greyeyes received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and B.A. in Native American Studies from Stanford University. Her research is focused on political sociology, organizational analysis, Indigenous education, tribal sovereignty, and Nation Building. Recent publications include her book titled A History of Navajo Education: Disentangling our Sovereign Body (2022) and in October 2023, the The Yazzie Case: Building a Public Education System for Our Indigenous Future, edited by Wendy S. Greyeyes, Lloyd L. Lee and Glenabah Michelle Martinez.