Oglala Lakota College

Humanities and Social Science Department PO Box 490 Kyle, S.D. 57752 605-455-6093

Susanne Auer is Associate Professor in the Humanities and Social Science Department and currently acts as the social science coordinator. She has been teaching diverse social science classes online on OLC’s Virtual Campus as well as face-to-face at various college centers since 2008. She received her academic training at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, her home country. Susanne has a Master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology with minors in General Psychology and Ethnomusicology. Her Master’s thesis was based on extensive fieldwork on integration of Lakota Culture in the different schools on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as well as in Rapid City. She has recently started her doctoral research on race relations in Rapid City.

Phone: 605-838-0807 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.olc.edu/~sauer/webfolder

Margaret Bad Warrior came to Cheyenne River in 2003, and lives with her husband and five children in their home on the Moreau River north of Dupree. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Public Health from Tufts Uni- versity School of Medicine, and a Juris Doctorate from Northeastern University School of Law. After obtaining her law license in 2004, Ms. Bad Warrior served as in-house counsel to both the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sioux Tribes, and opened a law office in Eagle Butte. She began teaching at in 2007, and joined the full-time faculty in 2010. Courses taught range from law, history, government and policy to music, literature, and geography.

Phone: 605-964-8011 Email: [email protected]

Kim Bettelyoun has two daughters, Donna and Hayley He Crow, one son, Cody He Crow, and many cats, dogs, fish and a bird. Kim enjoys reading, playing on the computer, traveling, fishing and camping. She teaches English and Speech Communication courses at Oglala Lako- ta College, and she is also the Humanities and Social Science Department Chairperson. Kim graduated from Red Cloud High School and then attended college at Colorado State Universi- ty, Oglala Lakota College, Black Hills State University and finally received her BA in English from Chadron State College in 1998. She became employed at OLC in 1999, and also started graduate school, earning her MA in Education with an emphasis in Language Arts in 2007. Kim finished her PhD coursework in September of 2012 and plans to complete her compre- hensive exams and dissertation soon.

Phone: 605-407-3564 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.olc.edu/~khecrow/webfolder/

Kiri Close, PhD - European Graduate School. Oglala Lakota College - Humanities faculty in Theatre, Writing, Literature, Art History, etc. RESEARCH INTERESTS: Corporate Law, Neurosci- ence frontiers, Aesthetics.

Phone: 605-455-6093 Email: [email protected]

Kirk Costion is an Assistant Professor of Social Science specializing in anthropological archaeology in the Department of Humanities and Social Science at Oglala Lakota College. He received his Ph.D. in anthro- pology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2009, his Master’s degree in anthropology from the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh in 2005, and his Bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2001. Kirk’s dissertation research entailed large-scale excavations of a prehistoric Huaracane domestic settlement in the Moquegua Valley of Southern Peru and the subsequent analysis of material recovered during these excavations. His current research focuses upon the development of social complexity and social inequalities in early village societies and upon prehistoric culture contact situations. He is presently investigating the Huaracane culture of the Moquegua Valley and how this small-scale village based society reacted to encroachment upon their territory by the Wari and Tiwa- naku states during the Middle Horizon (AD 400 – 1000).

Phone: 605-455-6093 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.olc.edu/~kcostion/webfolder/

Gerald Cournoyer, an Oglala Lakota from Marty, followed in the footsteps of prominent Lakota painter, Oscar Howe to the University of Oklahoma, to pursue and eventually achieve, his Master’s of Fine Arts in painting. Previously, Cournoyer attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, where he received an Associate Degree in Fine Art in painting. He later, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts, and then a Master’s degree, at the University of South Dakota in Interdisciplinary Studies. After receiving his Master’s Degree at The University of Oklahoma, he was employed as a professor of painting. Cournoyer is a dedicated and creative artist whose artistic boundaries were expanded under the tutelage of Professor George Hughes. Cournoyer came from a skilled background of stylized Ledger art and figurative Indian portraits. Over time, his work expanded into vibrant abstract watercolors and acrylics. This eventually led him into patterns of Lakota quillwork on canvas, including large nonfigurative expanses of color and form that offer the viewer an opportunity to explore the depth of scintillating color combined with Native patterns. These intricate patterns are based on the early quillwork of the Northern Plains quill designs and are prominent in the Lakota iconography. Gerald Cournoyer’s work is now shown in regional, national, and international venues. Phone: 605-455-6093 Email: [email protected] Website: studio-thirtyfive.com

Anthony Fresquez has been employed directly with Oglala Lakota College for thirty seven years of its forty one years of existence. Anthony served in every major administrative position at one time or another over the years. Also, he was the coordinator of the BEAMS (Building Education Access for Minority Students) Team with one goal of developing strategies for successful recruitment, retention, and graduation completion of entering students and Co-Coordinator of the Building Better Boards initiative of the Kellogg Foundation. He served asthe Chairperson of the Faculty Develop- ment; Institutional Development; Instructional Development; and Activities Standing Committees. He holds the follow- ing credentials: Speech/Language Arts (BA Creighton University); Education Administration (MA University of South Dakota); approximately twenty one hours of post masters doctorial course work in higher education teaching; experi- ence as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in additional to his work at OLC. He has served in various administra- tive instructional capacities at the College in the last thirty seven years including the chairperson and instructor in the education; humanities & social science; and also as the assistant director of the graduate studies departments. His recent efforts in instruction, development, and presentations have focused on entering freshman assessment, pedagog- ical strategies for teaching freshmen content knowledge and skill in reading and writing, speech, and cross- departmental collaboration in writing across the curriculum in the academic division.

Phone: 605-685-4152 Email: [email protected]

Judith Graham Judith Graham is an Associate Professor at Oglala Lakota College and has been a fulltime faculty member of the Humanities department since the 2005-2006 academ- ic year. She is the department’s literature division coordinator. Although literature is her primary area of emphasis, she regularly facilitates communication studies and composition courses in addition to literature. Currently, she is coordinating activities for the OLC book club. She likes most animals and continues to share her living space with two dogs. Her cur- rent hobbies include leisure reading, baking, cooking, gardening, and motorcycling.

Phone: 605.209.0102 Email: [email protected]

Lenora Hudson is an instructor in the Department of Humanities and Social Science and teaches in the social science and English areas. Prior to becoming faculty, she worked in various positions within ad- ministration at Oglala Lakota College including advisor to the student senate. She is an enrolled mem- ber of the Oglala Lakota and was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. She received her Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Sciences from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and her Master of Art in Sociology from Minnesota State University, Mankato and completed the coursework for a doctoral program in sociology at the South Dakota State University. Her teaching interests include ethnicity and race, the social sciences, grammar and writing, and social science re- search. She especially enjoys working with college students. She recently co-edited a collection of short stories for the South Dakota Humanities Council 2012 book, What Makes a South Dakotan, which was released in September 2012 at the South Dakota Festival of the Book, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Phone:455-6093 Email: lenora @olc.edu

Lilias Jones Jarding is on the Social Science faculty at OLC. She has a Ph.D. in Political Sci- ence from Colorado State University and a Master’s in Public and Human Services Admin- istration from Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Dr. Jarding’s specialty is Environmen- tal Policy, and her research focuses on energy policy and on tribal-federal-state interactions around natural resources. She has worked in the public and non-profit sectors, and has also worked as a consultant to government agencies and non-profit groups. Dr. Jarding’s awards include a Bush Leadership Fellowship, a Western Governor’s Association research award, two research fellowships from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Adrienne Kaufmann Peace with Justice Award. She is married to Larry and has two grown children, Tom and Lilias.

Phone: 605-787-2872 Email: [email protected]

Jean Reeves has an MA plus 36 additional graduate hours. Jean has worked in the educa- tional field for 60 years. She has taught all elementary grades and was a principal in the Shannon County School System. In 1993, Jean was chosen as South Dakota Principal of the year. Jean worked as an adjunct for Oglala Lakota College for 12 years before being em- ployed as a full time faculty member. She is teaching Freshman English and Speech Commu- nication. Jean served on the AHEC committee as a judge for oral speeches. Jean was on the Faculty Development Committee for several years. The committee planned in-service for the faculty.

Phone: 605-455-6093 Email: [email protected]

Sheila Rocha is a member of the Pure’pecha (Tarasco) nation. Sheila has worked as a master artist with the Nebraska Arts Council since 1994 where she has taught and performed in numerous locations throughout the Midwest. She worked for over 20 years with the Omaha Theater Company as the Multi- cultural Director and founder of three multi-cultural theater ensembles. She is currently on the editorial board Red Ink publication. A facilitator and storyteller, Sheila has conducted residencies, workshops and in-service trainings on such themes as violence prevention, Native nation building and community em- powerment. She earned her BA, MFA and MA in Human Services, Creative Writing and English with an emphasis in Native American and multicultural literatures. Currently, she is a PhD candidate at the University of Arizona in American Indian Studies. Her dissertation addresses the ritual use of theater as strategy for healing from issues of historical trauma.

Phone: 605-455-6093 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.nebraskaartscouncil.org/artists/artistdirectory/aisc_roster/theatre_aisc/ sheila_rocha_aisc.html Paula Rooks is currently a member of the Humanities department of OLC. She has an exten- sive background as an educator in many fields including Math and Science instruction; Gen- eral Studies; Adult Basic Education; and GED instruction (backed up by a M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas, Austin). Through the years, one of Ms. Rooks’ main educational goals has been to help students master subjects that seem impossibly diffi- cult for them. Additionally, Ms. Rooks has a deep, abiding respect for the Lakota traditions and Way of Life. And, for over twenty years, she acted as president of the Hochoka Healing Center, Inc., a non-profit organization established to provide authentic Lakota ceremony for people of all races, and worked side-by -side with her husband to share his Lakota way of prayer.

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After graduating from high school, Anna West moved to Aberdeen, SD to complete her un- dergraduate and graduate studies at Northern State University. She earned an MA in Coun- selor Education in 2006, a BS in Psychology in 2002, and a BA in Sociology in 2002. After this, Anna moved to the Cheyenne River to run an Adult Education Program for TANF participants from 2006 to 2010. During that time there were approximately 30 GED graduates, many of which have since enrolled at CRCC. Shortly after coming to the Cheyenne River, Anna had the opportunity to expand her horizons and become an adjunct for OLC. After becoming an ad- junct, it was her goal to become a full time humanities instructor for OLC and in 2010 it came to fruition. Courses taught: Psychology, Social Science, Race and Ethnicity, Geography, Literature, Ap- plied Information, Basic English, and so on.

Phone: 605-964-8011 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.olc.edu/~awest/webfolder