Celina Gray Email & Phone Number

Oki Nitsiitapi Nidaniko Natoyiipoka (Celina Gray), Nistoo Amskapipikuniaki (Blackfeet) and Métis.Born in Montana and having grown up in Washington State, Celina Gray calls the Pacific Northwest home. Celina’s scholarly motivation is grounded in her family; being a mother of 4, it’s important for her to model relational responsibility to natural resources and wildlife grounded in cultural knowledge, like it was provided to her by her father and others through communal ties.Celina completed her B.S. in Wildlife & Fisheries Biology at Salish Kootenai College on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana. She is currently studying mixed method research of cultural key stone species, in partnership with members of the Blackfeet Tribe and the Human Dimensions Lab ran by Libby Metcalf within the UM Wildlife Biology Graduate Program. Celina is an active member of The Wildlife Society’s Editorial Board for the Wildlife Professional and runs the social media Facebook page for the Native Student Professional Development Program of the NPWMWG. Additionally, Celina currently works as an administrative assistant for the Health Career Opportunity Program in the UM College of Health and is a NW CASC Fellow, UM Bridges Trainee, American Indian Graduate Center Science Post-Graduate Fellow and a current Advisory Board Member for SEEDS – a diversity initiative of the Ecological Society of America. Celina has served as a past member of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee for UM’s College of Forestry & Conservation, is a USFWS Directorate Fellows Program Graduate and previous Alfred P. Sloan Scholar.