Traci L. Morris

Dr. Traci L Morris, Director of the American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University.

Morris is a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. In her work at both ASU and prior, Morris has worked with Native American tribes; Tribal businesses; Native American non-profits; Native media makers, artists and galleries; written a college accredited curriculum in Native American new media; and has advocated for digital inclusion at the Federal Communications Commission and on Capitol Hill.

Morris’s research and publications on Native American media and the digital divide is focused on Internet use, digital inclusion, network neutrality, digital and new media curriculums, and development of broadband networks in Indian Country.

Her book, Native American Voices: A Reader, continues to be a primary teaching tool in colleges throughout the country.

As an entrepreneur the prior to her ASU appointment, Morris founded Homahota Consulting LLC a national Native American woman owned professional services firm working in policy analysis, telecommunications, education, and research assisting tribes in their nation-building efforts and working with Native Nations, tribal businesses and those businesses working with tribes. 

Morris has a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona’s American Indian Studies, in addition to a B.A. from Colorado State University.