Dr. Chris Finley is a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes located in what is now called Eastern Washington state.  She received her Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan and is a co-editor and contributor to Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics and Literature (University of Arizona Press, 2011).  Currently, she lives on Tongva land and is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.