CHEYENNE I. REUBEN-THOMAS

Shékoli! Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ ni:yukhats.
Onʌyoteˀa·ka· wakenyʌhtʌ niwakiˀtalo·tʌ. 

Hello! My Oneida name is Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ and my English name is Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas.
I am an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Turtle Clan,
and of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation.

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Yaw^ko (thanks) for visiting my page! 

I am a PhD Student in Dr. Corrie Moreau's lab at Cornell University in the department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. My work is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and Cornell University's Dean's Scholar Fellowship.

I am broadly interested in investigating the impacts of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)-Practice Systems on insect biodiversity, population genetics of social insects, and applying Indigenous data sovereignty / supporting Indigenous self-determination in ecological research.

Specifically, I am investigating and comparing the effects of Cultural Fire (traditional/Indigenous-led applications of fire) and agency-led prescribed burns on species and genetic diversity of ants.