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Cheron Laughing

OAR² Graduate Intern, Intertribal Resource Center

Cheron A. Laughing (she/her) is a proud citizen of the Navajo Nation and grew up on her reservation. She is currently a forth year Ph.D. student in the Ethnic Studies Department at UC San Diego. Her past education includes a Master’s in Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego, a Master’s of Legal Studies with a concentration in Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from Dartmouth College. Upon receiving her Ph.D., Cheron plans to work in Native Higher Education and some day be a dean or provost of a tribal college.
Cheron lived in Prague, Czechia for three months in her undergrad studies.