David J. Mathieu

David Mathieu has been a professor and senior administrator at the university level for nearly 40 years in private and public higher education institutions in several states and overseas in Japan.

Dr. Mathieu’s teaching background has focused on American Indian Studies and, more specifically, Lakota Language, American Indian tribal government, tribal law and American Indian policy, American Indian education methods, history and culture. Way of Wakan is his fifth book. The others include two Lakota language textbooks (Lakota Language I & II), Introduction to Indian Education, and Emerging Together: Biculturalism and American Indian Education. He has additionally written numerous articles on tribal subjects as well as many presentations.

Since moving into senior academic and student affairs administration, almost 25 years ago, Dr. Mathieu’s writings and presentations have focused on several areas of higher education policy and university administration such as enrollment management, higher education branding and marketing, general education and ethnic studies curricula, faculty development, institutional governance, and institutional finance. He retired from university administration in the summer of 2012.

David and Sue Ann Daley-Mathieu have been married for 40 years and, in addition to their late daughter, have two grown children, three grandchildren, and two step-grandchildren. In the 90s, David and the family lived in Japan for about 4 ½ years. It is probably not surprising that two of his children have Japanese spouses and all maintain strong ties to Japan.