Meredith Alberta Palmer

Meredith Alberta Palmer is a Tuscarora, Haudenosaunee scholar serving as an Assistant Professor in both the Department of Indigenous Studies and the Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo. Her research explores the intersections of science, technology, and colonialism, focusing on Indigenous spatial dynamics, redress, and health geographies. She holds a PhD in Geography and an MPH from UC Berkeley, and previously held a presidential postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University.

Palmer’s work centers on decolonizing methodologies, critical analyses of colonial geographies, and the ethical dimensions of data production in Indigenous contexts. Her book manuscript, Dismembered Evidence: colonial geographies of proof and power, examines the US occupation of Indigenous territories through a geographic lens. She teaches courses such as GEO 102 (Introduction to Human Geography) and GEO 503 (Race, Empire, Technology).

Her research spans Indigenous Geography, Science and Technology Studies, and Critical Geographies of Health, with recent articles addressing topics like settler sovereignty, land grab universities, and Indigenous resistance movements. Though no scientific awards are explicitly listed, her work demonstrates significant contributions to decolonizing academic frameworks and critical Indigenous studies.