Lloyd L. Lee, Ph.D.

Professor: Native American Studies

Office phone: 505 277-3917
triplel@unm.edu

Lloyd L. Lee, Ph.D. is an enrolled citizen of the Navajo Nation. He is Kiyaa’anii (Towering House people), born for Tl’ááschíí (Red Cheeks people). His maternal grandfather’s clan is Á shííhí (Salt clan), and his paternal grandfather’s clan is Tá bááhá (Water’s Edge people).

He is Professor and Chair in the Department of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and editor of the Wicazo Sa Review journal. He is the author of Diné Identity in a 21st Century World (2020), Diné Masculinities: Conceptualizations and Reflections (2013), co-author of Native Americans and the University of New Mexico (2017), co-edited The Yazzie Case: Building a Public Education System for Our Indigenous Future (2023), and edited Nihikéyah: Navajo Homeland (2023), Navajo Sovereignty: Understandings and Visions of the Diné People (2017) and Diné Perspectives: Reclaiming and Revitalizing Navajo Thought (2014). His research focuses on Indigenous identity, masculinities, leadership, philosophies, and Native Nation building/Indigenous community building.