Natalie Baloy

Natalie Baloy

Board of Directors
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Natalie Baloy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Western Washington University. Dr. Baloy’s work is informed by scholarship in critical Indigenous studies, settler colonial studies, and interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary collaborations toward transformation in context and community. She collaborates with colleagues across disciplines and institutions to design interdisciplinary courses and research projects. Prior to joining the Department of Anthropology at WWU, she had a postdoctoral appointment as the Ethics Project lead at the Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California at the University of California, Santa Cruz (2014-2016), and she served as the Associate Director of the Salish Sea Institute, the Border Policy Research Institute, and the Center for Canadian-American Studies at WWU (2017-2022).

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I feel like I have found the home that I could not find anywhere else I have traveled and lived. Thank you, Friends of the San Juans, for protecting all of the islands and the Salish Sea.

Janet Burke

member, Henry Island