Beth Leonard

Dr. Beth Leonard is a Research Professor at Alaska Pacific University specializing in Indigenous knowledge reclamation and decolonizing education. A Deg Xit’an Athabascan scholar, her work centers on community-driven research, language revitalization, and transforming academic institutions through Indigenous methodologies. She received a Fulbright Scholarship for comparative studies of Māori and Alaska Native education systems.

Key research areas:

• Indigenous research ethics
• Land-based pedagogies
• Higher education accessibility