# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gnas
**Parent**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/graduate-programs

# Native American Studies

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](https://nas.ucdavis.edu/graduate)

[Email the Program](mailto:mashiel@ucdavis.edu)

Students gain advanced comparative, interdisciplinary and hemispheric knowledge of Native American Studies--history; religion; philosophy; government; politics; society; art; music; women and gender studies; literature; environmental studies; and language and linguistics, as well as indigenous community development for autonomy and sovereignty; colonialism, racism and self-determination; and ethnohistory. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in Native American Studies or related disciplines; or for careers in tribal administration and education in museums and cultural centers, community development, and public policy.

Degree Type

Departmentally-Based Graduate Program

Degrees Offered

M.A. Plan I \
M.A. Plan II \
Ph.D. Plan B

Lead Dean

College of Letters and Science

Degree Requirements

[2022](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4118)

[2018](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3566)

[2015](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3135)

[2014](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3136)

[1998](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3137)

Administrative ByLaws

[2022](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4147)

Major Code

GNAS

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](https://nas.ucdavis.edu/admissions)

Admission Deadlines

General: Dec 1, 2025\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2025\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Monica Shiel
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[mashiel@ucdavis.edu](mailto:mashiel@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Program Chair**\
 Beth Rose Middleton Manning
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[brmiddleton@ucdavis.edu](mailto:brmiddleton@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: General**\
 Stephanie Lumsden
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Native American Studies \
[salumsden@ucdavis.edu](mailto:salumsden@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: Admissions and Primary Contact**\
 Beth Rose Middleton Manning
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Native American Studies \
530-754-4802 | [brmiddleton@ucdavis.edu](mailto:brmiddleton@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Brittani Orona
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Native American Studies \
[borona@ucdavis.edu](mailto:borona@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Internal Fellowship Analyst**\
 Heidi West
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(530) 754-9473 | [hewest@ucdavis.edu](mailto:hewest@ucdavis.edu)

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Brittney Solar
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[bsolar@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bsolar@ucdavis.edu)