Katherine Brooks specializes in American Indian ethnography and material culture and is currently working as a a Post-Doctoral Research Associate for BARA under the direction of Dr. Richard Stoffle. Dr. Brooks has been working with American Indian communities for the past eight years, on projects ranging from cultural resource management to the documentation and preservation of traditional Native arts. While serving as a Post-Doc with BARA, Dr. Brooks' research will focus on Ethnobotanical Resource Use Studies in Michigan and Arkansas and an Ethnographic Overview and Assessment in Southeastern Utah with numerous culturally affiliated tribes.