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New Mexico State University

Dr. Diane-Michele Prindeville

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Dr. Prindeville

Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1999

MPA, Arizona State University

Associate Professor and Director of the MPA Program

Research Interests

Dr. Prindeville's teaching and research interests include leadership, political ecology, tribal politics, and social justice and administration. Before returning to school for her doctorate, she worked with state and local governments in community development and municipal management. Currently, Dr. Prindeville is collaborating with the County College at NMSU to provide professional development for public managers and non-profit administrators around the state.

Publications and Awards

Dr. Prindeville is the author of On the Streets and in the State House: American Indian and Hispanic Women and Environmental Policymaking in New Mexico, published by Routledge Press. In addition, she has published in Political Research Quarterly, Women & Politics, The Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies, Gender & Society and in The Social Science Journal. She is currently working on a book about American Indian Nations of the Southwest from the perspective of their Native women leaders. In 2000, she received the Best Dissertation Award by the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, and in 2003, the Charles Redd Award for the Best Paper on the Politics of the American West, awarded by the Western Political Science Association. She has had research grants from the American Political Science Association and the Center for the Study of American Women and Politics of Rutgers University.

Courses Taught

American Indian Politics & Governance; Ethics; Leadership; Women, U.S. Politics & Administration; Organizational Theory; Globalization; and Capstone in Public Administration. 

 

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Contact Information

Email: dmprinde@nmsu.edu

Breland Hall room 348, NMSU main campus

575-646-4935