Dr. Cristina Eisenberg is the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, and the Director of Tribal Initiatives in Natural Resources, at the Oregon State University, College of Forestry. 

She also advises the White House on policies aimed at supporting Tribal sovereignty, particularly in relation to natural resource stewardship. Additionally, she is an invited speaker and advisor to the United Nations. 

In this conversation, we explore the significance of Indigenous knowledge in tackling climate change and the growing recognition of the importance of Indigenous perspectives in conservation and climate action.

To learn more about Dr. Eisenberg’s work with the Traditional Ecological Knowledge Lab through the College of Forestry at Oregon State university, please visit their website at tek.forestry.oregonstate.edu

Dr. Cristina Eisenberg Bio

Dr. Cristina Eisenberg is the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Maybelle Clark Macdonald Director of Tribal Initiatives in Natural Resources at the Oregon State University College of Forestry. She is the Director of the Indigenous Natural Resource Office and the TEK Lab. 

She is of Raramuri and Western Apache heritage and has partnered with Indigenous communities globally for nearly 20 years to lead research about how Indigenous Knowledge, cultural stewardship practices, and cultural keystones can restore climate resilience to forests and grasslands. She leads two long-term ecocultural restoration research projects for the BLM on the northern great plains in Montana, working with the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and in western Oregon working with several Tribal Nations. 

She partners with the US Forest Service in facilitating ecocultural Tribal Roundtables in the US and works with federal leaders and the US White House in developing policies to support Tribal sovereignty, focusing on natural resource stewardship.

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