Porter Swentzell, PhD

Porter Swentzell, PhD, is from Santa Clara Pueblo, where he grew up participating in traditional life in his community and currently serves as a tribal official. He is an Associate Professor of Indigenous Liberal Studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts, a Regent for Northern New Mexico College and serves on several non-profit boards. Porter received his PhD in Justice Studies from Arizona State University and is currently pursuing an MBA from Western New Mexico University. He enjoys weaving traditional Pueblo sash belts and learning about history in his free time. Porter lives at Santa Clara Pueblo along with his wife and three children.