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Clint Carroll is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the Â鶹ӰԺ. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, he works closely with Cherokee people in Oklahoma on issues of land conservation and the perpetuation of land-based knowledge and ways of life. Dr. Carroll currently co-edits the Cambridge University Press series,  with Joy Porter (University of Hull) and Dina Gilio-Whitaker (California State University San Marcos). He also serves on the editorial boards for Cultural Anthropology and Environment and Society. He is a board member for Indigenous Education, Inc. (home of the Cobell Scholarship) and was recently elected to the Denver Botanic Gardens Board of Trustees (2022-2025). Ìý

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In Dr. Carroll’s current work, funded by a , he co-directs with a group of elders and wisdom-keepers a land education program for five Cherokee students. Also, he serve as Principal Investigator on a study about Cherokee plant gathering access in rural northeastern Oklahoma. Through this integrated education and community-based research project, the elders, students, and Dr. Carroll seek to formulate lasting methods for maintaining Cherokee land-based knowledge and to better understand how Cherokee people are negotiating access to land due to complex ownership patterns and the impact of shifting climate conditions. They hope that the results of the research will inform advancements in community-defined and -directed local ecosystem stewardship and tribal land conservation strategies. For more information, visit the . [Last updated Nov 2019]Ìý