Amy Fatzinger, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in American Indian Studies and affiliate faculty in the Department of English. She currently serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for AIS and as the Associate Curator for the University of Arizona's American Indian Film Gallery https:aifg.arizona.edu/ a collection of more than 400 historic films by and about Indigenous people. Dr. Fatzinger primarily teaches courses in American Indian cinema and American Indian literature, including Mixed Media Storytelling, a course that explores Indigenous narratives that have been adapted for the screen. Her research also focuses on Indigenous adaptations and representations of American Indians in literature and film. Dr. Fatzinger is the first faculty member in the department to hold a doctorate degree in American Indian Studies.