معرفی
Taiawagi Helton is the W. DeVier Pierson Professor of Law and holds the academic rank of Professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He specializes in environmental law, property law, and Indian law, with a focus on environmental and natural resources issues affecting Native Americans and nation-building initiatives in Indigenous communities.
Education:
- B.A., Ohio State University, 1995
- J.D., with highest honors, University of Tulsa College of Law, 1999
- LL.M., Yale Law School, 2001
His research explores intersections of environmental policy, tribal sovereignty, and Indigenous governance. Helton has served as a Special Justice for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Supreme Court (2004–2008) and on the Board of Directors of Oklahoma Indian Legal Services. He was honored with the University of Oklahoma’s highest teaching award in 2012.
Professional roles include a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Robert H. Henry of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Though no specific grants or student advisees are listed, his scholarship emphasizes legal frameworks supporting tribal self-determination and environmental justice.
