Division of University Relations

Sasānēhsaeh Jennings joined the University of Wisconsin System in July 2018. In the role of Tribal Liaison, she serves as the principal resource for areas of strategic importance related to the educational success of Native American students within the UW System.

Sasānēhsaeh is an enrolled member of the Menominee Nation, growing up on the Menominee Indian Reservation of Wisconsin. She has worked in education for over 11 years both with college and high school students in a variety of areas at UW-Madison and the University of Minnesota. She began her career at UW-Madison where her work focused on multicultural students with the PEOPLE program and the Multicultural Student Center. She then moved to the University of Minnesota, where she served as the Transfer Coordinator and Academic Advisor for the College of Biological Sciences and most recently the Assistant Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the College of Science and Engineering and Program Coordinator for the North Star STEM Alliance. As an educator and scholar-activist, Sasānēhsaeh continues to work to transform educational spaces to honor and reflect indigenous student and community experiences. She centers her community in all that she does and believes it is her responsibility to always work on their behalf.

Sasānēhsaeh earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, and both her M.S. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and B.A. in Sociology from UW-Madison.