Heather Howard

Heather Howard is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University's Department of Anthropology, affiliated with the Faculty of American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Her work centers on collaborative research with Indigenous partners across clinics, schools, and museums, focusing on knowledge construction in services like healthcare and education to address structural inequities and ethical policy frameworks.

• Key research areas: Indigenous sovereignty, intergenerational heritage teaching, and critiques of reconciliation initiatives
• Current projects funded by Whiting Foundation and SSHRC
• Contributed to UN Human Rights High Commission report on urban Indigenous communities during the pandemic

She has co-edited four books, guest-edited American Indian Quarterly, and authored over 60 publications. Howard maintains affiliations with the University of Toronto's Centre for Indigenous Studies since 2009 and was a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford (2016-2017).