Purdue University
Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (SIGP) Program
Purdue SIGP Alumni
2024 Spring
Dairian Balai (Native Hawaiian), M.S., Computer Information Technology
Andrew Binder (Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana), M.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering - Astrodynamics and Space Application
2023 Winter
Makani Fisher (Native Hawaiian), Ph.D., Entomology
Kylle Roy (Native Hawaiian), Ph.D., Forestry and Natural Resources
2023 Summer
Derrick R. Charley (Navajo), M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering
2023 Spring
Wai Allen (Navajo), Ph.D., Geological Sciences
Derrick Slick (Navajo), M.S., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
2022 Winter
Camille Griffith (Oglala Lakota), Ph.D., Wildlife Sciences
Tawn Speetjens, M.S., Forestry and Natural Resources
2022 Summer
Kevin McIver (Chickasaw), Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
2021 Winter
Bryce Bitsie (Navajo), M.S., Animal Sciences
Sarah Bowlin (Cherokee), M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Jeremy James (Navajo), M.S., Mechanical Engineering
2020 Winter
Brady Black (Confederate Tribes of Colville Reservation), M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Brett Bosinski (Mohawk), M.S., Engineering
Martin Seneca (Seneca), M.S., Civil Engineering
Kinsey Skillen (Fort Peck Assiniboine Sioux), Ph.D., Civil Engineering
Nerisa Ve'e-Taua (Samoa), M.S., Wildlife Sciences
2020 Summer
Ashley Archer (Saulte Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), M.S., Foresty and Natural Resources
2020 Spring
Kyle Dahlin (Native Hawaiian), Ph.D., Mathematics
2019 Winter
Christopher Cheek (Cherokee), Ph.D., Aquatic Ecology
2019 Spring
Kevin McIver (Chickasaw), M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Darryl Reano (Acoma Pueblo), Ph.D., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
2018 Winter
Nicole A. Benally (Navajo), M.S., Agronomy
Daniel Bird (Santo Domingo-Kewa Pueblo), M.S., Wildlife Sciences
Joseph Crook (Cherokee), M.S., Horticulture
2018 Summer
Taylor Broadhead (Cherokee Nation), M.S., Forestry and Natural Resources/ESE
Cara McCauley (Qawalangin), Ph.D., Weed Sciences
Raymond RedCorn (Osage), Ph.D., Agricultural and Biological Engineering/ESE
Terry Villarreal (Navajo), Ph.D., Chemistry
2018 Spring
Rylan Chong (Native Hawaiian), Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Janelle Cronin, M.S., Education
Mariah Romero, M.S., Earth Sciences
2017 Summer
Jordan Oshiro (Native Hawaiian), M.S., Food Sciences
Adam Brewer (Lumbee Tribe of NC), M.S., Purdue Polytechnic Institute
2017 Spring
Kinsey Skillen (Fort Peck Assiniboine Sioux), M.S., Civil Engineering
2016 Summer
Kylie Bemis (Zuni), Ph.D., Statistics
Canek Phillips (P'urepecha), Ph.D., Engineering Education
2016 Spring
Melissa Johnson (Oneida Nation), M.S., Forestry and Natural Resources
2015 Winter
Kim Davis (Navajo), M.S., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Michele Yatchmeneff (Unangax/Aleut), Ph.D., Engineering Education
2015 Spring
Leon Clah (Navajo), M.S., Biological Sciences
2014 Winter
Raymond Red Corn (Osage), M.S., Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Ecological Sciences and Engineering
2014 Spring
Patrick Freeland (Muscogee Creek), M.S., Forestry and Natural Resources
Darryl Reano (Acoma Pueblo), M.S., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
2013 Summer
Michael King (Navajo), M.S., Atmospheric Science
2013 Spring
Rylan Chong (Native Hawaiian), M.S., Information Security
2012 Summer
RaeLynn Butler (Muscogee Creek), M.S., Botany & Plant Pathology
JoElla Jackson-Tyree (Eastern Band Cherokee), M.S., Forestry & Natural Resources
Heather Whitcomb (Métis Cree and Chipewyan), Ph.D., Health & Kinesiology
2012 Spring
Melinda Adams (San Carlos Apache), M.S., Botany & Plant Pathology
Amy Warneka (Delaware), M.S., Computer Technology
2011 Winter
Nils Landon (Anishinabe and Tlingit), M.S., Agronomy
2011 Summer
Tanya Aldred (Keenaw Bay Ojibwe), M.S., Forestry & Natural Resources
Marie Fialkowski (Native Hawaiian), Ph.D., Health & Kinesiology
Rhyan Fluhr (Stockbridge - Munsee Band of Mohican Indians), M.S., Biology
2011 Spring
Ty Boyd (Eastern Band Cherokee), M.S., Ecological Sciences
2010 Winter
William Pfeifer (Tlingit), M.S., Computer Science
2010 Summer
Tara Anderson (Ojibwe), M.S., Biology
2007 Winter
Candice Guy (Lenape), M.S., Ecology
