Dr. Aaron Gregory is an Assistant Professor of Native American Studies (NAS) at Cal Poly Humboldt with a research focus situated at the nexus of Science & Technology Studies (STS), Critical Infrastructure Studies, and Indigenous Studies. Dr. Gregory is an Editor for the 4S Backchannels, while currently developing a Center for Science & Technology Studies (CSTS) and an interdisciplinary graduate program that places Western modes of planning/engineering in communication with Indigenous knowledges and practices. His research and forthcoming book attends to the articulations of renewable energy, Indigeneity and technopolitical statecraft. Dr. Gregory holds a PhD from UC Berkeley (2022) with prior research exploring the postcolonial infrastructures of #landback, and the role of technology in shaping race, place and power. Dr. Gregory is a member of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community, an avid mountain runner and backcountry skier, described as 'extremely offline' by his colleagues and students, and a critically engaged contributor to the STS community.
