Alex Red Corn

Alex Red Corn, Ed.D, is a citizen of the Osage Nation (𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟), where he is a member of the  𐓲𐓣𐓻𐓪𐓷𐓘𐓯𐓰𐓘𐓤𐓟 (Gentle Sky/Peacekeeper) clan, with family roots in the 𐓷𐓘𐓸𐓘𐓪𐓧𐓣͘ district near Pawhuska, Oklahoma (USA). Dr. Red Corn serves as director and associate professor of the Indigenous Studies Program, as well as associate vice chancellor for tribal relations. With a background in educational leadership and American Indian educational systems advocacy, he also serves as executive director of the Kansas Association for Native American Education (KANAE), and in 2022 he become the chair of the new Kansas Advisory Council for Indigenous Education (KACIE).

At K-State, his former institution, he developed the Indigenous Educational Leadership Graduate Certificate program, as well as partnership programs with the Osage Nation that graduated two cohorts of Osage leaders with master’s degrees in educational leadership. Overall, Dr. Red Corn's scholarship focuses on building capacities for Native Nations to take a more prominent role in the education of their citizens. Towards this goal, he has consulted with school and Tribal leaders across the country on a variety of topics related to advancing education for, about and with Indigenous peoples, communities and Nations. Additionally, Dr. Red Corn has worked to bridge the fields of rural and Indigenous education through a variety of scholarly endeavors, and also teaches courses in qualitative research methods, specializing in Indigenous approaches to research and autoethnography.