| Carolyn Fiscus
Coordinator
Community Outreach & Service
402-554-3987
cfiscus@unomaha.edu
Carolyn Fiscus has been with the Native American Studies program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha since 2000.
She serves as coordinator of Community Outreach and Service for the program. Within this capacity, she coordinates programs in area public schools, works with the Little Priest Tribal College on t
She received her masters and bachelors degrees from South Dakota State University; her education specialist degree from Northwest Missouri State University and doctoral work from Northern Arizona State University..
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Beth Ritter
Director
Academic Programs
402-554-3376
britter@unomaha.edu
Beth R. Ritter is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Academic Programs, Native American Studies. Dr. Ritter's primary area of specialization is the applied anthropology of Native North America with emphases in federal Indian policy and contemporary Native American issues—e.g., gaming, health, dispossession, and repatriation. Dr. Ritter has worked extensively with the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska since 1989 and has published several journal articles on Ponca culture and history. She became an honorary Tribal member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska in 2002.
Dr. Ritter holds a joint teaching appointment in anthropology and Native American Studies. Recent course offerings include: Introduction to Native American Studies, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Native Americans and Health, Research Ethics in the 21st Century: Indians and Anthros, and Introduction to Anthropology |