Torivio Fodder

Tory Fodder (Taos Pueblo) is the Manager of the Indigenous Governance Program. A native of Walters, OK, Dr. Fodder is an S.J.D. graduate of the Indigenous People’s Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law. Dr. Fodder also holds a J.D. from the University of Arizona, and an A.B. from Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

Dr. Fodder formerly served as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Māori and Indigenous Governance Centre, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Prior to joining the Indigenous Governance Program, he served as the Associate Director of the High Plains American Indian Research Institute, and as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Wyoming.

Dr. Fodder is an emerging scholar in the field of indigenous law with research interests in international indigenous human rights and policy, critical race theory, indigenous libertarianism, and indigenous governance best practices.