- Assistant Professor
Biography
Cheryl Ellenwood, Nez Perce, is an Assistant Professor at PPPA and an affiliate of the Center for Native American Research & Collaboration at WSU. Her research examines issues of equity in the public sector, as well as nonprofit management, social enterprises and hybrid organization forms. She has worked extensively with Native-led organizations in both the public and private sector and thus her research often examines issues of race, justice, and equity. She is a former development officer for a national Native nonprofit and has worked with several Native-led organizations and views organizations in both broad and narrow terms depending on the research purpose and context. She holds a PhD in Public Management from the University of Arizona and has a MA in American Indian Studies with a focus on American Indian Law and Policy from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Recent media & publications
- Raymond Foxworth, Laura E. Evans, Gabriel R. Sanchez, Cheryl Ellenwood, and Carmela M. Roybal. Present day partisanship and the legacy of structural inequality has helped fuel the spread of COVID-19 in Native nations. The London School of Economics and Political Science. 2021.
- Interview: Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Breaking the Cycle of History. GrantStation.com 2021.
- Article: A Native American may be taking control of the cabinet. The Washington Post, January 25, 2021.