Advising
Faculty Advising

Joely Proudfit, Ph.D. (LuiseƱo/Payomkowishum)
- Director of California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center
- Department Chair, American Indian Studies, CSU San Marcos
- Executive Director, Californa's American Indian & Indigenous Film Festival
- President, Naqmayam Communications
- President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Proudfit in February 2016 to the National Advisory
Council on Indian Education.
Email: jproudfi@csusm.edu
Phone: (760) 750-4619

Eric Tippeconnic, Ph.D.(Comanche)
- Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies, CSU San Marcos
- Ph.D. in History
- Artist, Muralist
- Friend of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Medal Winner, June 2018
Email: etippeconnic@csusm.edu
Phone: (760) 750-4630

Eric S. Trevan, Ph.D. (Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, Gun Lake
Tribe)
- Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies, CSU San Marcos
- Ph.D. from ASU Watts College of Public Solutions, Community Resources and Development
(Local and Tribal Economies)
- Previous Visiting Scholar of Innovation, Business and Economic Policy for Tribal Nations
at The Evergreen State College
- Currently, serves on the Board of Directors of Northern Initiatives (CDFI), Noo-Kayet
Development Corporation (Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe), Cheyenne and Arapaho Business
Development Corporation (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes)
- President, New AI Market Analytics Company
- Policy Advisor, Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee/US Department of Treasury
- Previously served as Inaugural Chairman of Gun Lake Investments
Email: etrevan@csusm.edu
Phone: (760) 750-6542