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Even during times of COVID-19, the Growing in Beauty Partnership Program team at NAU’s Institute for Human Development (IHD) adapts and finds creative ways to support Navajo Nation families of children with developmental delays.

IHD’s Growing in Beauty Partnership Program, directed by Cathron Donaldson, is an early intervention program that works in conjunction with the Navajo Nation Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services. The project provides in-home services and support for young children with developmental delays and disabilities… Read more

Leah Mundell, a lecturer in the department of anthropology, has received a grant from the Edmond H. and Rosamond B. Spicer Foundation for an interdisciplinary research project that is part of Coummunity and University Public Inquiry (CUPI) in the NAU Sustainable Communities Program. CUPI students will partner with Northern Arizona Interfaith Council to evaluate language assistance services in the Flagstaff Unified School District and work with immigrant community leaders to expand access to resources during the COVID-19 crisis.

Senior lecturer of communication Angelé Anderfuren is featured in the article “The Strange Pleasure of Planning a Post-Pandemic Vacation” published in The Atlantic. The article shares how Pinterest is helping people plan vacations after the pandemic. Anderfuren adds her insight about how planning helps stave off anxious feelings during the pandemic.

Sanjam Ahluwalia, associate professor in the department of history and director of the women’s and gender studies program, has been reappointed for a second term as a President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow. The Fellowship is awarded annually to outstanding teaching scholars who have made a significant impact on undergraduate learning at NAU. Recipients are appointed for four years, and also serve… Read more

Susan Smiley, a senior lecturer in the department of anthropology, has been selected to receive the Northern Arizona University Award for Online Teaching Excellence. This annual, university-wide, award recognizes and rewards sustained instructional excellence by faculty of all ranks teaching online courses, including competency-based courses for Northern Arizona University. 

A year ago, Eric Leslie changed his major.

This week, he graduates as part of the inaugural class of Northern Arizona University’s Indian Country criminal justice program, a first-of-its-kind online degree that addresses the confluence of the unique aspects of criminal justice in Indian Country, criminology and criminal justice theories and cultural competency relative to Indigenous peoples.

The program, a collaboration between the Applied Indigenous Studies (AIS), Justice Studies and Criminology & Criminal Justice (CCJ) departments, was a perfect fit for… Read more