Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear

Bio: A proud rez girl from Lame Deer, Montana, Desi is a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation and Chicana. She was born and raised on Cheyenne homelands where real and imagined reservation borders cross everyone. Desi is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has partnered with Indigenous communities in the U.S. and internationally as a researcher and data advocate for more than ten years. Desi’s research examines the intersection of race, indigeneity, data, and inequality.  With a focus on Indigenous futures, her current research explores the racialization of Indigenous identity and group boundary making, Indigenous population statistics, and data for health and economic justice on Indian Reservations.

Research Interests: Race, Indigeneity, Data, Inequity, Indigenous communities

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers