CNAIS Hires a Graduate Student Program Coordinator!

Lila Crank — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:38:00 +0000

CNAIS Hires a Graduate Student Program Coordinator! Lila Crank Mon, 01/06/2025 - 11:38

CNAIS has hired Revaline Nez, PhD Student in Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy in the School of Education, as our Graduate Student Program Coordinator!

Revaline will develop programming to further the Center's support of Native Graduate students' academic pursuits, including supporting projects and goals of the Native Graduate Student Group.

Revaline Nez, a Diné woman of the Bit'ahnii Clan (Folded Arms People Clan), born for Tabaahi (Water Edge People Clan), is originally from Rock Point, a small community on the Diné Nation. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Northern Arizona University in Elementary and Special Education. Revaline also received her Master's in Education from Northern Arizona University in Education Leadership in 2017 and a Master's in Education for ESL and Bilingual Education in 2019. Most of her work involved working in the field of special education, language revitalization, education leadership, and Indigenous language advocacy.

CNAIS has hired Revaline Nez, PhD Student in Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy in the School of Education, as our Graduate Student Program Coordinator.

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CNAIS hired a new staff person!

Anonymous — Mon, 06 May 2024 22:48:47 +0000

CNAIS hired a new staff person! Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 05/06/2024 - 16:48

We are pleased to welcome Lila Crank to our office. She is moving into the role previously held by Cibonet Salazar, who left to take a position with her home Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico.

Lila is Diné, originally from Farmington, New Mexico. She is Ashkenazi Jewish, born for Tł’ááshchí’í, Ashkenazi Jewish of her cheii (maternal grandfather), and Táchii’nii of her nalí hastiin (paternal grandfather). She is an alum of CU Boulder Ethnic Studies, class of 2023, receiving her degree summa cum laude, her honors thesis titled, "'Until They’re All Home': An Examination of State Violence and Transformative Possibilities in the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women." Throughout her time at CU Boulder, Lila worked with initiatives promoting justice and inclusion, including within the College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Office for Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion. Lila also served as a Leadership Council Member and President of the Oyate Native American Student Organization, as well as a member of the Native Grad Student Group Leadership Council, dedicated to building warm community spaces for Native students within academia. She has also worked with First Nations Development Institute in Longmont, Colorado Common Cause, and the CU Boulder Volunteer Resource Center. Currently, Lila holds a joint position as Administrative Coordinator assisting the Graduate School's DEI initiatives and the Office Manager for the Center for Native American Indigenous Studies.

Moving forward, Lila will be a point of contact for CNAIS inquiries, alongside Andy Cowell. Please feel free to reach out to her at lila.crank@colorado.edu or at cnais@colorado.edu.

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