Profile

Sheilah Nicholas

Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP | Professor, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies

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Research

Collaboration(6)

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Grants(4)

A Western Regional Native American Language Resource Center in Arizona
Active·2023·$373.9K / $679.8K·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
native american languages, language preservation, cultural heritage, language revitalization, regional resource center
Dine Language and Culture Revitalization-Focused Schools
2023·$0 / $5K·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
language revitalization, cultural education, school curriculum, community engagement, linguistic preservation
Indigenous-Language Immersion and Native American Student Achievement
2016·$189.7K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
indigenous languages, native american education, student achievement, language preservation, cultural education
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
2015·$0 / $11.8K·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
international education, cultural exchange, doctoral research, dissertation abroad, fulbright-hays program

Publications(45)

Recent

“You Should Know the Name of the Wind Where You Live”—Relationality and Relational Accountability in Indigenous-Language Education

2022

indigenous education, relationality, language revitalization, cultural preservation, relational accountability

To ‘think in a different way’—A relational paradigm for indigenous language rights

2022

language rights, indigenous, paradigm, language preservation

HOPILAVAYIT AW NAA’AYA’TIWQAM, THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO ATTEND TO THE HOPI

2022

cultural anthropology, indigenous studies, community engagement, language preservation, education

Storying an interconnected web of relationships in Indigenous language reclamation work and scholarship

2021

indigenous languages, language reclamation, interconnected relationships, scholarship, storying

The Hopilavayi Summer Institute: A Tribal model of assistance for ancestral language teacher preparation

2021

tribal language revival, teacher education, cultural preservation, community-based initiatives, language preservation

“A viable path for education”—Indigenous-language immersion and sustainable self-determination

2021

education, indigenous languages, sustainable development, self-determination, immersion

Cultivating enduring and reciprocal relationships in academia: An Indigenous mentor-mentee model

2021

indigenous mentorship, academic relationships, cultural reciprocity, mentor-mentee model, enduring connections

Braided histories–braided futures of Indigenous language reclamation work

2020

indigenous languages, language reclamation, cultural preservation, historical narratives, community empowerment

Braiding the strands of language reclamation work in the Hopi context

2020

language reclamation, cultural preservation, community engagement, indigenous studies, linguistics

A world of Indigenous languages: Politics, pedagogies and prospects for language reclamation

2019

indigenous languages, language reclamation, politics, pedagogies, prospects

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Sheilah Nicholas

Collaboration(6)

Adriana Cimetta

Marcela Vasquez-Leon

Linda Green

Ofelia Zepeda

Amy Fountain

Grants(4)

A Western Regional Native American Language Resource Center in Arizona

Dine Language and Culture Revitalization-Focused Schools

Indigenous-Language Immersion and Native American Student Achievement

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad

Publications(45)

“You Should Know the Name of the Wind Where You Live”—Relationality and Relational Accountability in Indigenous-Language Education

To ‘think in a different way’—A relational paradigm for indigenous language rights

HOPILAVAYIT AW NAA’AYA’TIWQAM, THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO ATTEND TO THE HOPI

Storying an interconnected web of relationships in Indigenous language reclamation work and scholarship

The Hopilavayi Summer Institute: A Tribal model of assistance for ancestral language teacher preparation

“A viable path for education”—Indigenous-language immersion and sustainable self-determination

Cultivating enduring and reciprocal relationships in academia: An Indigenous mentor-mentee model

Braided histories–braided futures of Indigenous language reclamation work

Braiding the strands of language reclamation work in the Hopi context

A world of Indigenous languages: Politics, pedagogies and prospects for language reclamation