MVSKOKE (Creek Nation)

Professor, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies – School of Public Affairs & Administration
The University of Kansas

Sarah Deer has worked to end violence against women for over 25 years and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2014. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of federal Indian law and victims’ rights.

Professor Deer is a co-author of four textbooks on tribal law. Her latest book is The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America, which has received several awards. Her work on violence against Native women has received national recognition from the American Bar Association and the Department of Justice.

Professor Deer is also the Chief Justice for the Prairie Island Indian Community Court of Appeals.