Indigenous Feminisms and Relational Accountability: Pathways to Justice and Coalition-Building
Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner (Luiseño & Cupeño) is an Indigenous feminist philosopher and an associate professor in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.
She is the founding director of the Indigenous Futures Lab, a pioneering hub for Indigenous feminist research and evaluation.
A proud first-generation descendant of the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, Dr. Meissner is of Luiseño (Payómkawichum) and Cupeño (Kupangaxwichem) descent.
Dr. Meissner researches, teaches, and consults on topics including Indigenous research and evaluation methods, cultural and language reclamation, Indigenous epistemologies,
Indigenous feminist interventions in critical social work, and land-based feminist coalition-building.
Her work is deeply rooted in exploring the intersections of Indigenous knowledge systems, care-taking, power, and trauma.
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