Board Positions & Other Professional Associations
American Indian Education Oversight Committee (AIEOC) Member, 2021-Present
Rock and Roll Forever Foundation, Board Member, 2021-Present
Vision Maker Media, Board Chair, 2020 – Present
California Indian Education for All, Founding Board Member, 2019-Present
First Vice Chair, Native American Caucus, California Democratic Party, 2019-present
Member, CA American Indian Tobacco Initiative Education (CAITIE) Project, 2019-present
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center, Board of Directors, Member, 1999–present
Young Native Scholars, Board Member, 2005–present
Native American Advisory Council, CSUSM, Board Member, 2004–present
Awards
Entertainment Educator of the Year, Variety Magazine, March 2022
Exceptional Assigned Time Committee (EATC) of the Academic Senate, 2021
2017 Dragonfly Award, offered by Dorothy Ramon Learning Center for soaring achievements in saving and sharing Native American Cultures, Summer 2017
KPBS American Indian Heritage Month Local Hero, November 2016
CSUSM Exceptional Service Award, Spring 2016-Fall 2015
W.M. Keck Foundation Grant for the American Indian Digital Media and Culture Project, Fall 2015
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for the Bridging the Gap between the Academy and American Indians—Building a 21st Century AIS Program Workshops, Fall 2015
American Indian Educator of the Year, 36th Annual California Conference on American Indian Education, March 2013
Publications
On Indian Ground:
A Return to Indigenous Knowledge-Generating Hope, Leadership and Sovereignty through Education
On Indian Ground: California By Dr. Proudfit & Dr. Warner
Beyond the American Indian Stereotype:
There’s More to Me Than What You See (Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture)
