Brady DeSanti

Brady DeSanti, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Native American Studies Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). He is an enrolled citizen of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Tribal Nation. His roles include directing Native American Studies, teaching in both Religious Studies and Native American Studies, and serving on university committees such as the Goldstein Human Rights Executive Committee. He holds a PhD in American History from the University of Kansas (2012) and is an UNO alumnus.

His research focuses on Native American religious traditions, religion's intersection with popular culture, and historical relationships between Indigenous peoples and academic disciplines like anthropology. He teaches courses such as Native American Religions, Shamanism, and Religion and Comic Books, and is developing a course on Indigenous perspectives of death and reincarnation.

Dr. DeSanti’s service includes chairing RPT duties for the Religious Studies Department, advising Religious Studies majors, and contributing to the Executive Council for Native Studies. His work emphasizes decolonizing academic approaches to Indigenous knowledge systems.