On Phenology & Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Dr. Samantha Chisholm Hatfield is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and is currently an Assistant Professor Senior Research at Oregon State University in the department of Fisheries Wildlife Conservation Sciences where she runs her Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) lab.  She also teaches various courses focused in TEK including: Intro to TEK, TEK Applications, Native American Agriculture, Ecosystems of Pacific Northwest Indians.

Dr. Chisholm Hatfield holds her Doctorate in Environmental Sciences from Oregon State University. Her revolutionary dissertation work has been considered groundbreaking research and heralded for the way she melded physical and social science, combining empirical research with social science methodology. Most recently, she was an author for the Fifth National Climate Assessment report. She was the lead author for the Tribal Cultural Resources chapter for the state’s fifth Oregon Climate Assessment Report, and was a current author for the Sixth National Climate Assessment report before it was federally disbanded.