Gathering of Academic Indigenous and Native Americans (GAIN)

gain logo The Indigenous and Native American Faculty and Staff Affinity Group seeks to:
  • build community
  • promote visibility
  • provide support for SJSU’s Indigenous and Native American Faculty and Staff through campus activities and initiatives.

Event Images

Visit our page for GAIN events images, including:

  • 11-30-2023. Assemblymember Ash Kalra presents GAIN with Leadership in Education Award
  • 11-23-2023. Native American Heritage Spartan Football Game
     

Recent News

Updated Presidential Directive

San José State University’s Protocol for Curation, Inventory, and Repatriation of Native American Remains Subject to the Native American and Graves Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and CalNAGPRA (California NAGPRA)
Presidential Directive (PD-2023-01)

Respecting the dignity of our Native American and Indigenous communities – past, present and future – is of the utmost importance for the CSU system in general, and San José State in particular. Our university maintains an extensive collection of Native American artifacts and human remains that is protected by state and federal laws. While a state auditor earlier this year commended SJSU for its compliance with these laws, there is still a need to ensure the continued protection of these items and ancestors until we reach our goal of complete repatriation.

GAIN Outputs

Guillory-Lacy, V., Malloy, K. J., Warren, J., Aquino, E., & de Bourbon, S. (2025). Survivance of Native American and Indigenous students at a four-year Hispanic-Serving institution. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1–20.

Guillory-Lacy, V.,  Warren, J., Malloy, K., Aquino, E., & de Bourbon, S. (2024) Decolonizing Qualitative Research: “A TribalCrit Approach to the Study of Native American and Indigenous Students at an MSI” SAGE Diversifying and  Decolonizing Research methods. Accepted early 2024. 

Malloy, K. J., Lacy, V. S., de Bourbon, S. L., Aquino, E., & Warren, J.-A. (2023). Native American and Indigenous Student Experience at San José State University [pdf] Internal Report to SJSU Administration.

GAIN Officers

2025/2026 Academic Year

President:
Veneice Guillory-Lacy veneice.guillory-lacy@sjsu.edu
Vice President:
Rock Fredell rock.fredell@sjsu.edu
Past President:
Kerri Malloy kerri.malloy@sjsu.edu
Co-Secretaries:
Alisha Ragland alisha.ragland@sjsu.ed
Grace Skalinder Grace.skalider@sjsu.edu
Treasurer:
Maria Cruz maria.cruz@sjsu.edu 

SJSU Students

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Contact

GAIN is open and available to all who are interested to participate, regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.  For information about joining GAIN, SJSU faculty and staff group, please contact:

Kerri J. Malloy
Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies
GAIN Past President
kerri.malloy@sjsu.edu
408-924-4461  |  Clark Hall 414J

Martha Behler
Lecturer, Department of Kinesiology
GAIN Past Vice-President
martha.behler@sjsu.edu  |  SPX 170

Alisha Marie Ragland
NAGPRA Tribal Liaison
GAIN Co-Secretary
alisha.ragland@sjsu.edu
408-924-5703  |  Clark Hall 404N