Amanda Tachine | Center for Indian Education
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Amanda Tachine
If you need an energy boost, or your spirit lifted, this episode is for you. Amanda Tachine\\u2019s voice lifted my mood and her enthusiasm and energy lasted throughout the episode. Amanda is Navajo, and is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Indian Education\\xa0at Arizona State University.
Amanda\\u2019s busy, and her accomplishments demonstrate that.
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- TEMPE - September 8th, 2015 - ASU News - Postdoctoral Scholar Amanda Tachine will be recognized for her work as a White House Champion of Change in Washington D.C. and is pictured here at the Center for Indian Education at Arizona State University Tempe Campus on Tuesday afternoon September 8th, 2015. Photo by Deanna Dent/ASU News
But much of our conversation focused on topics other than work. We discussed\\xa0how she navigated through her educational career. We bonded over the physical feeling of when you go home. I mentioned a book I\'m reading, \\xa0The Shepherd\\u2019s Life, and how it relates to language often associated with Indian Country. We discussed the friends that helped her navigate to her graduate degrees. Amanda mentioned others around the country involved in this field of study (e.g. Adrienne Keene). Amanda mentioned\\xa0her approach of focusing on the Now, and how that impacts her life. We discuss (not) burning bridges, including the quote \\u201cyou can shear a sheep many times, but you can only skin it once.\\u201d
Amanda\\u2019s work at the Center for Indian Education \\xa0advances ideas and strategies to increase Native college student success. She joined the center after receiving her doctoral degree in Higher Education at the University of Arizona. Amanda received the American Educational Research Association dissertation of the year award for \\u201cDivision J\\u201d and received honorable mention recognition from the International Congress Qualitative Inquiry Dissertation Award. She led innovative mentoring programs where students mentor students in a cascading format (grad students help undergrads, undergrads help high school students).
Amanda also participated in the Op-Ed Fellowship, \\xa0published in the Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, and The Hill.\\xa0President Obama\\xa0recognized\\xa0 Amanda through the White House Champion of Change program.
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