About Amy Casselman Hontalas

Amy Casselman is an adjunct professor at San Francisco State University where she teaches in the American Indian Studies, Race and Resistance Studies, Ethnic Studies, and previously the Women and Gender Studies departments. 

She holds a Master’s degree in Ethnic Studies from San Francisco State University and a Bachelor’s degree in American Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Prior to her career in academia, Amy was a Case Worker for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California where she provided support services for Native children and families.

She is the author of Injustice in Indian Country: Jurisdiction, American Law, and Sexual Violence Against Native Women.