American Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Award Year
2023
University Award
Distinguished McKnight University Professors
Research Title
Indigenous migrations in the Americas
Section A
, Location 15
Bianet Castellanos is a leading international scholar of Indigenous migration, Latino Studies, and community-engaged research. She has developed new frameworks to center Indigenous experiences with migration, tourism, and urbanism. Her groundbreaking research has paved the way for a hemispheric Indigenous Studies and the emergent field of Critical Latinx Indigeneities. Her community-engaged research has helped Indigenous and Latino peoples combat racial inequalities. A dedicated teacher, she has recruited and mentored cohorts of Indigenous students.