Malloy, Kerri J.

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Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies
Program Coordinator, Native American and Indigenous Studies
Managing Editor, csuglobal

Email

Preferred: kerri.malloy@sjsu.edu

Telephone

Preferred: 408-924-5861

Office Hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:30 pm- 12:30 pm

 

 

Education

  • Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College, Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, 2021
  • Master of Jurisprudence (MJ), Indian Law, University of Tulsa, College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2016
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA), Native American Studies, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 2014
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 2014

Bio

Kerri J. Malloy (Yurok/Karuk) is an assistant professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at San José State University. His work focuses on the genocide of Indigenous peoples in North America and the ongoing processes of healing and reconciliation. He explores how systems of justice and government can address historic and ongoing human rights violations through transitional justice, political reform, and systemic change.

Dr. Malloy serves on the Advisory Board of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and chairs its Indigenous Peoples Caucus. He has more than fifteen years of experience working with federally recognized tribes, including leadership roles such as chair of the Yurok Indian Housing Authority. His work with tribal governments continues to shape his teaching and research in federal Indian law, tribal governance, and tribal-state relations.

Before joining San José State, Dr. Malloy taught for seven years at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, and is leading the development of the Native American and Indigenous Studies program at San José State University.

He holds a Ph.D. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from Gratz College. His doctoral research focused on anti-Indigenous violence in 19th-century Northern California, drawing from Indigenous Studies, Genocide Studies, and Settler Colonial Studies. He also earned a Master of Jurisprudence in Federal Indian Law from the University of Tulsa, where his thesis examined the long-term impacts of the Termination Era on California tribes.

Dr. Malloy is recognized nationally and internationally for his scholarship and public engagement. He was a featured speaker at the 2023 Human Rights Summit at the University of Connecticut’s Dodd Center for Human Rights, a Fellow-in-Residence with the Raphael Lemkin Seminar at the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, and an invited faculty member for the Zoryan Institute’s Genocide and Human Rights University Program.

His research centers on the history of anti-Indigenous violence in the United States—especially in California—and investigates how transitional justice might address legacies of genocide and mass atrocity. His published work includes journal articles, book chapters, and a special issue of the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations focused on anti-Indigenous violence, land dispossession, Indigenous rights, and reconciliation.

His current projects include a critical analysis of the eighteen unratified treaties between California tribes and the United States, research on the legal status of California Indians, and participation in a team study documenting Native American and Indigenous experiences at San José State University.

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