Sloan Foundation Indigenous Graduate Partnership
Sloan Scholars 2023 - 2024
Dairian Balai (Native Hawaiian), M.S. student
Computer Information Technology
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Andrew Binder (Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana), Ph.D. student
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering - Astrodynamics and Space Applications
College of Engineering
Sarah Bowlin (Cherokee), Ph.D. student
Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
Taymee Brandon (Chippewa), Ph.D. Candidate
Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Alaina Bryant (Navajo), M.S. student
Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences and Ecological Sciences and Engineering
School of Health Sciences/College of Health and Human Sciences
Janelle Cronin (Navajo), Ph.D. student
Ecological Sciences and Engineering and Curriculum Studies and Instruction
College of Education
Ramona Dwyer (Ojibwe), M.S. student
Forestry and Natural Resources
College of Agriculture
Makani Fisher (Native Hawaiian), Ph.D. student
Entomology
College of Agriculture
Jeremy James (Navajo), Ph.D. student
Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
Nils "Buster" Landin (Anishinaabe/Tlingit), Ph.D. student
Archaeology
College of Liberal Arts
Rebecca Leuschen-Kohl (Choctaw), Ph.D. student
Botany and Plant Pathology
College of Agriculture
Javaughn Fredrick Peter (Pohnpeian/Mwokilese), Ph.D. Student
Interdisciplinary Ecological Sciences and Engineering and Curriculum Studies and Instruction
College of Education
Austin Peters (Native Hawaiian), Ph.D student
Engineering Education
College of Engineering
Kylle Roy (Native Hawaiian), Ph.D. student
Forestry and Natural Resources
College of Agriculture
Tawn Speetjens (Native Hawaiian), Ph.D. student
Forestry and Natural Resources
College of Agriculture
Makena Thompson (Naknek Native Village/Bristol Bay Native Corp-BBNC), Ph.D. student
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Contact Information:
Ken Ridgway, Ph.D., (Lenape)
Faculty, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
Email: ridge@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 494-3296
Kevin Gibson, Ph.D.
Faculty, Botany and Plant Pathology
Email: kgibson@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 496-2161
