Biography & Scholarship

Shanny Spang Gion is Northern Cheyenne, Crow, and also of German heritage. She was raised in Lame Deer, MT and is an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. She put her education in environmental science (B.S., MSU-Bozeman) and Interdisciplinary Studies (M.S., hydrogeology and technical communication, Montana Technological University) to use working for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in water resources for 10 years before coming to University of Idaho (UI), where she is presently serving as an Assistant Professor in the College of Natural Resources. 

Organizational Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and Society , College of Natural Resources , University of Idaho

Member, Center for Interdisciplinary Indigenous Research and Education , College of Education, Health and Human Sciences , University of Idaho

Education

Environmental Science
B.S. , Montana State University (United States, Bozeman) - MSU
Hydrogeology & Technical Communication
01/05/2015 – 05/10/2019 , M.S. , Montana Technological University (United States, Butte)
Natural Resources
Doctor of Philosophy , University of Idaho (United States, Moscow) - UI