Steven J. Green
School of International
& Public Affairs

Advisory Council October 2020

• Chair, GIG Faculty Advisor, Mitzi Uehara Carter, (Okinawan-American) Assistant Teaching Professor, FIU. Global and Sociocultural Studies.
• First Vice Chair, Diane Benitez, (Lakota-Ute) Instructor, FIU. Department of Public Affairs.
• Founding Director Dennis Wiedman, Associate Professor, FIU. Global and Sociocultural Studies. Transition Team, GIF Development, Outreach.
• Maria-Luisa Veisaga (Quechua) Senior Teaching Lab Specialist. FIU. School of Integrated Science and Humanity.
• Rubi Hurtado, (Xauxa-Quechua) FIU Alumnus, Kuyayky Foundation.
• Cesar Castillo, (Huatar of Costa Rica), FIU. Graduate Student. LACC. Transition Team.
• Houston Cypress, (Miccosukee) Miccosukee Tribe of Florida.
• Masako Kubota, Instructor, FIU. Asian Studies. Ainu Liaison.
• Rebecca Christ, Assistant Professor, FIU. Dept. of Teaching and Learning. Chair of Faculty Committee.
• Juliet Erazo, Associate Professor, FIU. Global and Sociocultural Studies. Faculty Committee.
• Jenna Gibbs, Associate Professor, FIU. Department of History. Faculty Committee.
• Dante Blais-Billie, (Seminole) Outreach.
• Eric Brown. (Cherokee) Student Club President – FIU Global Indigenous Group (GIG).
• Michaela Moura-Cocoglu, Assistant Teaching Professor, FIU. Women’s and Gender Studies. Communications Chair.
• William Sanchez, Former Student Club President – FIU Global Indigenous Group (GIG). Alumni Liaison
• Mary Lou Pfeiffer, Retired Senior Lecturer, FIU. Honors College.
• Ric Babcock, (Cherokee) Chair Council of Elders.
• Lee Tiger, (Miccosukee) Miccosukee Tribe of Florida.
• Samuel Tommie, (Seminole) Seminole Tribe of Florida.
• Marnie Billie, (Onoñda'géga) Haudenosaunee Confederacy and FIU Alumni.