I am the descendant of Norwegian and German settlers and grew up in North Dakota, in the traditional territory of the Lakota/Dakota Sioux. Prior to graduate school, I worked on a variety of grassroots social change campaigns, where I learned my initial lessons about American Indian sovereignty, treaty rights, and settler colonialism. I continue learning, sharing that knowledge, and trying to enact the implications of this knowledge.

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I am deeply grateful for all the lessons I have received, especially from many American Indian, First Nation and other Indigenous teachers of all kinds; see some of these valued and wonderful teachers and leaders below.

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Professor of Sociology

Pitzer College (2007- present)

1050 North Mills Avenue

Scott Hall 217

Claremont, CA 91711-6101

909-607-3838

erich_steinman@pitzer.edu

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Educational Background

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MA, PhD, Sociology, University of Washington
BA, Government and International Affairs, Augustana College

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Research Interests

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Social movements, American Indian and Indigenous movements, American settler colonialism, decolonization and unsettling, decolonizing education, Indigenous-settler relations, memory activism, racialization, political sociology, sexuality, and sexuality movements.