Research Team
Principal Investigators
Sara N. Beam, Principal Investigator and Applied Associate Professor of English
Midge Dellinger (Muscogee (Creek) Nation), MA, Oral Historian, Project Co-investigator and Tribal Liaison
Kristen Oertel, Principle Investigator and Professor of History
Graduate Student Investigators
Abby Rush (Hidatsa/Apsáalooke), MA English. PSIG Graduate Assistant, 2023-2024
Current Undergraduate Students
Abby Ridley (Cherokee Nation), TU Class of 2026, Major in English & Creative Writing, with a minor in Spanish
Hannah Ridley (Cherokee Nation), TU Class of 2026, Major in English & Creative Writing, with a minor in Spanish
Advisor and Research Associate
Laura M. Stevens
Advisor & PSIG Project Founder
Professor of English and Honors College Director, Auburn University
Former Student Co-Investigators
Robert Loveall, TU Class of 2026, Major in English, with a minor in Philosophy
Marcus Martinez, TU Class of 2025, Major in History
MaKayla Davis (Osage eagle clan), Associate Degree in Criminal Justice, College of the Muskogee Nation, TURC-CMN Scholar, 2024
Ethan J. Waquie, Mvskoke (Creek) Nation & Jemez Pueblo, Nokosvlke (Bear Clan), College of the Muskogee Nation, TURC-CMN Scholar, 2024
Cecilia Gutierrez, BAs Religion & Philosophy and History, with a Certificate in Classical Studies, 2024
Rhonda Still, BA English, 2023
Elizabeth Bailey (Cherokee Nation), BA English, 2022
Nevin Subramanian, BSBA Finance and BA Music, 2021
Lexie Tafoya (Cherokee Nation), BA Creative Writing, 2022