Deondre Smiles, Ph.D.

Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees

Tribal Affiliation

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

Biography

Dr. Deondre Smiles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria (B.C., Canada). Dr. Smiles is an Indigenous geographer whose research interests are multifaceted, including Indigenous geographies/epistemologies, science and technology studies, and tribal cultural resource preservation/protection. Deondre Smiles is a citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and is of the Bullhead clan.

Education

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  • Certificate

    Presidential Doctoral Scholar, Department of History

    Ohio State University

    2021

  • Doctorate

    Geography

    Ohio State University

    2020

  • Masters

    Global Indigenous Studies

    University of Minnesota, Duluth

    2016

  • Bachelors

    Geography

    Saint Cloud State University

    2013