Lecturer of Native American/American Indian Studies for CSU since 2016; Paul specializes in the history of California and the local history and culture of the Bay Area and North Bay. Professor Steward is a tribal member of Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria near Clearlake Oaks, CA. Raised on the reservation, he learned his tribal culture from his father and paternal grandparents.

Academically, Paul studied Business Administration at Santa Rosa Junior College, Sonoma State University, and was in a doctoral program at St. Mary's College of California. His learning of social, history, and ethnic studies came from professors Dianne Smith, William Spires, Dr. Leny Strobel, and under the guidance of Dr. Greg Sarris.

In practice, Paul experienced tribal business operations and the crossroads of culture through apprenticing under his father, Richard Steward, a tribal officer of Elem and a board member of such Native organizations as Lake County Tribal Health, Sonoma County Tribal Health, Ya-Ka-Ama Indian Education and Development Inc, California Indian Manpower Consortium, California Rural Indian Health Board, and working for the tribes Stewart's Point Rancheria, and Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe.

Paul has also contracted for the Native organization California Consortium for Urban Indian Health. Other business ventures include marketing in the English language for the Japanese blockchain tech company Bexam/Early Works Ltd; marketing for Digital Prints & Imaging company of Santa Rosa, CA; and community outreach for Pacific Gas & Electric. Paul has guest lectured for the San Francisco Public Library, Menlo Park Public Library, and Solano County Library. Paul was selected to be an author for the State of California's Truth and Healing Council Final Report to be published in July of 2026.

Yet, Paul's first passion is music. Playing guitar and singing since he was 14, he has performed professionally as the leader of Twice As Good, a multi-award-winning Blues/R&B band he founded with his father. Since 2022, Paul has embarked on his solo career doing several international world tours and receiving honors from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2023. He has released several songs blending traditional Pomo style music with modern Blues and singing in his tribe's language.