Rudolph Rÿser, Ph.D.

Faculty
History & Culture
chair@cwis.org

 

 

Education

• Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Studies, Union Institute & University
• B.A., Philosophy, Washington State University

Dissertation Title
Fourth World Geopolitics, Coexistence and the New International Political Order

Areas of Specialization and Interest

• Leadership - historical and contemporary ideas, practices and approaches in institutions, non-profit organizations, politics, education, and community.
• Corporate Structure and Public Administration - transnational corporations, religion, organized crime, states, non-governmental organizations, and indigenous peoples.
• History and Cultural philosophy - structures and relationships between peoples the land and the cosmos.
• Dispute resolution - systematic and synergistic approaches to resolving disputes in asymmetrical political relationships, group dynamics team development.
• Comparative American Cultures- colonization and 20th century social justice movements; intersections of ethnic groups especially 20th century civil rights histories and peace movements, historical roots and migration patterns, intersections with Native peoples, First nations peoples, politics, policy, religion, history.
• Research methodologies – quantitative, qualitative, indigenous epistemologies in research, community determined research and participatory and action research.
• American Indian Affairs - Political identities rooted in distinct cultures and recognized political sovereignty; tribal institutional building; historical and contemporary policy development; cultures, foods and medicines; inter-tribal and intergovernmental relations; internationally protected Indian rights; urban-reservation diasporic dynamics, self-government and the exercise of sovereignty in intergovernmental relations, history, politics, Potlatch economics and trade patterns; environment, leadership and gender, social organization of the Northwest and Plains tribes; historical relationships among North American tribes and first nations, Nuclear energy and tribes, historical trauma.
• Indigenous epistemologies - examination, analysis, and description of contemporary systems of knowledge among the Salish peoples, neighboring nations and indigenous peoples in the western hemisphere.
• Fourth World geopolitics - the study of social, economic, political, and strategic relations between indigenous nations and political states.