Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn
Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Minthorn (Kiowa, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Apache, Assiniboine) is a nationally recognized scholar and author known for her work supporting Native students in higher education and for cultivating “heartwork” that centers the needs of tribal communities. She is the current president-elect of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), the first Native American to hold the position.
Dr. Minthorn has co-edited numerous influential publications, including “Indigenous Leadership in Higher Education,” “Reclaiming Indigenous Research in Higher Education” and “Unsettling Settler Colonial Education: The Transformational Indigenous Praxis Model.” She has worked in New Mexico, Washington and Oklahoma to strengthen educational systems that support Native youth.