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Theresa Gregor (January 6, 1974) is an Assistant Professor at the California State University Long Beach in the Program in American Indian Studies. She is the first tenure-track hire in that program since the 1970s.

Early Life
Theresa Gregor was born on January 6, 1974. Gregor is a descendant of  Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel (Kumeyaay) as well as Yoeme (Yaqui) and is from the Nejos Sh’mulq (Iipay for the clan) [1][2][3][4]. Gregor grew up on Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation [5]  on Track 3 of the reservation, which is located in North San Diego County near Lake Henshaw between towns of Santa Ysabel and Warner Springs. [6]

Gregor got her Bachelor of Arts degree in literature and Writing Studies with a minor in Spanish in 1997 at California State University San Marcos. [7]  In 1999, Gregor received her Master of Arts from the University of Southern California in English with an emphasis on Multiethnic American Literature (20th century). [8]  Theresa Gregor also received her Doctor of Philosophy in English from The University of Southern California in 2010. [9]  Her dissertation focused on the American Indian Captivity Narrative and is titled, “From Captors to Captives: American Indian Responses to Popular American Narrative Forms”. [10]

Career
Theresa Gregor was a lecturer for the Department of Ethnic Studies and English at the University of San Diego. [11]  She left the University of San Diego, but within the year 2013 she served as the Co-Tribal Liaison for All Nations Institute for Achievement at the University. [12]  After the University of San Diego, Gregor worked at California State University San Marcos. [13]  At California State University San Marcos, she was an Associate Researcher at the California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center and an Adjunct Faculty for the Department of American Indian Studies. [14]  Gregor is an Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies and is on a tenure track at California State University Long Beach. [15][16] Gregor is the first tenure-track hire in American Indian Studies since the 1970s. [17]   [18]   [19]

Community Involvement
Theresa Gregor served as the Interim Tribal Administrator for the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel from 2006-2008 [20][21] and as the Executive Director of the Inter-Tribal Long Term Recovery Foundation.[22]  She currently serves as a Native Advisory Council at California State University San Marcos [23] and she is the Secretary on the Committee on Native American Burial Remains and Cultural Patrimony (CNABRCP)[24]  at California State University Long Beach.

Works/Reviews/Conferences
 Gregor, Theresa, “Under Fire: Tribal Leadership, Climate Change, and Emergency Management in California,” New Voices in California Indian Studies. Edited by Cutcha Risling Baldy. (University of Washington Press) Forthcoming 2018.  Gregor, Theresa with Stan Rodriguez. “Revitalizing Critically Endangered Languages in California: Profiles and Promising Practices for Program Delivery,” On Indian Ground: California Series, Ed. Joely Proudfit and Linda Sue Warner. (Information Age Publishing: 2017).  Gregor, T.L., and Proudfit, J., 2016, Report: State of American Indian and Alaska Native Education in California, California Indian Culture &amp; Sovereignty Center: Calif. State Univ. San Marcos, Office of the Chancellor, 42 pages.  Gregor, T.L., and Proudfit, J., 2014, Report: State of American Indian and Alaska Native Education in California, California Indian Culture &amp; Sovereignty Center: Calif. State Univ. San Marcos, Office of the Chancellor, 90 pages.  Gregor, Theresa. Review of A Chemehuevi Song: The Resilience of a Southern Paiute Tribe, by Clifford E. Trafzer. Southern California Quarterly, 98:1 (2016).  Gregor, T.L., 2010, Review of The War in Words: Reading the Dakota Conflict through Captivity Literature, By Katherine Derounian-Stodola. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 34:4 (2010).  Gregor, T.L., 2008, In Brief Review of Living through the Generations: Continuity and Change in Navajo Women’s Lives, By Joanne McCloskey, University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2007, 205 pages: Women’s Studies Online Journal by Taylor &amp; Francis; Published online: 165-168 (7 Mar 2008).  Gregor, T.L., 2007, Review of Rape and Sexual Power in Early America, By Sharon Block (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press): Women&#39;s Studies, 36:7, 551–554 (2006).  Creations and Constructions: On Indian Ground Forum: “Revitalizing Critically Endangered Languages in California: A Case Study and Promising Practices,” (Presenter) California Indian Conference, SDSU, (October 2016) [25]  Presenter: “Language Revitalization/Preservation, Gender, and Stereotypes,” with Devon Mihesuah, Stanley Rodriguez, and Michael Wilson. (Facilitator) NEH Grant “Bridging the Gap between the Academy and American Indians,” Program, California Indian Culture &amp; Sovereignty Center, CSUSM, (June 2016) [26]  Presenter: “GIS as a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: Mapping California Indian Women Activism,” (Presenter) American Indian Studies Association, Albuquerque, NM, (February 2-4, 2017) [27]  Presenter: “Envisioning New Prospects at ‘The Beach’: Cal State Long Beach’s Struggle to Decolonize the History and Memorialization of California Indian Genocide’” (Presenter and Moderator) American Indian Studies Association, Arizona State University, (February 1-2, 2018). [28]  Presenter: Panel Discussion at University of San Diego, “Should We Re-Name Serra hall?” University of San Diego (February 27, 2018) [29]