University of New Mexico
Community & Regional Planning
Interests:
Indigenous design and planningBio:
Theodore (Ted) Jojola, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor and Regents’ Professor in the Community & Regional Planning Program, School of Architecture + Planning, The University of New Mexico (UNM).
Currently he is the founder and Director of the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute. iD+Pi works with tribal communities throughout the Southwest region as well as internationally by facilitating culturally informed approaches to community development.
From 2008-2010, he was a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Arizona State University where he was a member of the faculty of the School Geographic Sciences and Planning. He was the Director of Native American Studies at UNM from 1980-1996 and established the interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program in Native Studies.
He is actively involved in major research projects on Indian education, Indigenous community development, and architecture. He is coeditor of two books—The Native American Philosophy of V.F. Cordova entitled How It Is (U. of Arizona Press, 2007) and Reclaiming Indigenous Planning (McGill-Queens University Press, 2013). A third book is in the works, Contemporary Indigenous Architecture: Local Traditions, Global Winds (working title, UNM Press). In addition, he has published numerous articles and chapters on topics relating to Indigenous design & planning, stereotyping, and economic development. He is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta.
