Theresa Gregor

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Dr. Theresa Gregor (January 6, 1974) is an Assistant Professor at the California State University Long Beach in the Program in American Indian Studies.

Early Life

Dr. Theresa Gregor was born on January 6, 1974. Gregor is a descendant of Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel (Kumeyaay) as well as Yoeme (Yaqui) and is from the Nejos Sh’mulq (Iipay for the clan). Gregor grew up on Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation on Track 3 of the reservation, which is located in North San Diego County near Lake Henshaw between towns of Santa Ysabel and Warner Springs.

Gregor got her Bachelor of Arts degree in literature and Writing Studies with a minor in Spanish in 1997 at California State University San Marcos. In 1999, Gregor received her Master of Arts from the University of Southern California in English with an emphasis on Multiethnic American Literature (20th century). Dr. Theresa Gregor also received her Doctor of Philosophy in English from The University of Southern California in 2010. Her dissertation focused on the American Indian Captivity Narrative and is titled, “From Captors to Captives: American Indian Responses to Popular American Narrative Forms”.

Career

Dr. Gregor was as a lecturer for the Department of Ethnic Studies and English at the University of San Diego. She left the University of San Diego, but within the year 2013 she served as the Co-Tribal Liaison for All Nations Institute for Achievement at the University. After the University of San Diego, Gregor worked at California State University San Marcos. At California State University San Marcos, she was an Associate Researcher at the California Indian Culture & Sovereignty Center and an Adjunct Faculty for the Department of American Indian Studies. Dr. Gregor is an Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies and is on a tenure track at California State University Long Beach. Dr. Gregor is the first tenure-track hire in American Indian Studies since the 1970s.

Community Involvement

Dr. Theresa Gregor served as the Interim Tribal Administrator for the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel from 2006-2008 and as the Executive Director of the Inter Tribal Long Term Recovery Foundation. She currently serves as a Native Advisory Council at California State University San Marcos and she is the Secretary on the Committee on Native American Burial Remains and Cultural Patrimony (CNABRCP) at California State University Long Beach.

Works/Reviews/Conferences

• Gregor, Theresa, “Under Fire: Tribal Leadership, Climate Change, and Emergency Management in California,” New Voices in California Indian Studies. Edited by Cutcha Risling Baldy. (University of Washington Press) Forthcoming 2018.
• Gregor, Theresa with Stan Rodriguez. “Revitalizing Critically Endangered Languages in California: Profiles and Promising Practices for Program Delivery,” On Indian Ground: California Series, Ed. Joely Proudfit and Linda Sue Warner. (Information Age Publishing: 2017).
• Gregor, T.L., and Proudfit, J., 2016, Report: State of American Indian and Alaska Native Education in California, California Indian Culture & Sovereignty Center: Calif. State Univ. San Marcos, Office of the Chancellor, 42 pages.
• Gregor, T.L., and Proudfit, J., 2014, Report: State of American Indian and Alaska Native Education in California, California Indian Culture & Sovereignty Center: Calif. State Univ. San Marcos, Office of the Chancellor, 90 pages.
• Gregor, Theresa. Review of A Chemehuevi Song: The Resilience of a Southern Paiute Tribe, by Clifford E. Trafzer. Southern California Quarterly, 98:1 (2016).
• Gregor, T.L., 2010, Review of The War in Words: Reading the Dakota Conflict through Captivity Literature, By Katherine Derounian-Stodola. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 34:4 (2010).
• Gregor, T.L., 2008, In Brief Review of Living through the Generations: Continuity and Change in Navajo Women’s Lives, By Joanne McCloskey, University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2007, 205 pages: Women’s Studies Online Journal by Taylor & Francis; Published online: 165-168 (7 Mar 2008).
• Gregor, T.L., 2007, Review of Rape and Sexual Power in Early America, By Sharon Block (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press): Women's Studies, 36:7, 551–554 (2006).
• Creations and Constructions: On Indian Ground Forum: “Revitalizing Critically Endangered Languages in California: A Case Study and Promising Practices,” (Presenter) California Indian Conference, SDSU, (October 2016)
• Presenter: “Language Revitalization/Preservation, Gender, and Stereotypes,” with Devon Mihesuah, Stanley Rodriguez, and Michael Wilson. (Facilitator) NEH Grant “Bridging the Gap between the Academy and American Indians,” Program, California Indian Culture & Sovereignty Center, CSUSM, (June 2016)
• Presenter: “GIS as a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: Mapping California Indian Women Activism,” (Presenter) American Indian Studies Association, Albuquerque, NM, (February 2-4, 2017)
• Presenter: “Envisioning New Prospects at ‘The Beach’: Cal State Long Beach’s Struggle to Decolonize the History and Memorialization of California Indian Genocide’” (Presenter and Moderator) American Indian Studies Association, Arizona State University, (February 1-2, 2018).
• Presenter: Panel Discussion at University of San Diego, “Should We Re-Name Serra hall?” University of San Diego (February 27, 2018)

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