Profile for Charlotte Davidson

Brief biography

Charlotte is Diné and a citizen of Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara). She is of the Tó'aheedlíinii (Water Flows Together People), born for the Waterbuster People. Her maternal grandfather's clan is Kinłichíi’nii (Red House People) and her paternal grandfather’s clan is the Flint Knife People. Her scholarship focuses on the education, development, and leadership experiences of Indigenous women in postsecondary settings. She has presented nationally on Indigenous higher education and has written and co-authored chapters in Beyond the Asterisk: Understanding Native Students in Higher Education; Indigenous Leadership in Higher Education; Reclaiming Indigenous Research in Higher Education; and A Better Future: The Role of Higher Education for Displaced and Marginalised People. In NASPA, Charlotte is the national co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Knowledge Community, the co-principal advisor of Indigenous Engagement for the Kansas City Experience Committee, and is a member of the 2019-2021 NASPA SERVE (Supporting, Expanding, and Recruiting, Volunteer Excellence) Academy cohort.