Henry Fowler, Ed.D.
Associate Faculty - School of Leadership Studies | Fielding Graduate University
Santa Barbara, CA, UNITED STATES
His quest is to combine indigenous epistemologies & social science perspectives to make teaching of math more useful for Navajo students.
Media
Publications:
Documents:
Videos:
Audio/Podcasts:
Biography
Henry H Fowler, Ed.D. is a math teacher and faculty in the Math Department at Dine College. He has been teaching math for over 14 years. His Navajo traditional clans are born for Bitter-water and born into Zuni-Edgewater. His maternal grandparents are the Many Goats and his paternal grandparents are the Red-running-into-the-Water. He is from Tonalea, Arizona. He started his formal education at age four at Kaibeto Boarding School in Kaibeto, Arizona. He received his mathematics education degree from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona and holds an Ed. D. in Educational Leadership and Change. His passion is promoting math literacy. He advocates social justice through mathematics. He also supports cultural relevant materials to guide math instruction. His quest is to combine indigenous epistemologies and social science perspectives to make the teaching of mathematics more relevant, effective, and useful for Navajo students. He has published Navajo Cultural Component Math Curriculum, Weaving Numbers, and wrote a chapter in the Voices of Native American Educators; Collapsing the Fear of Mathematics: A Study of the Effects of Navajo Culture on Navajo Student Performance in Mathematics.
Industry Expertise (1)
Education/Learning
Areas of Expertise (5)
Math Literacy
Mathematics
Education
Mathematics Education
Ethnomathematics
Accomplishments (2)
Faculty of the Year (professional)
2013 Diné College, Tsaile, AZ
Teacher of the Month (professional)
2008 Rock Point Community High School, Rock Point, AZ
Education (3)
Northern Arizona University: MEd, Education 2016
Fielding Graduate University: EdD, Education 2010
Northern Arizona University: BSc, Secondary Math Education 1994
Affiliations (4)
- Mathematics Teaching in Middle School
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
Links (3)
Media Appearances (2)
NTU Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Henry Fowler Appointed to Navajo Nation Board of Education
Navajo Technical University online
2019-12-10
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez selected five members to the Board of Education (NNBE) to serve six-year terms beginning in 2020. Among those chosen for the board is Navajo Technical University Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Henry Fowler who was appointed to represent as the Diné culture and language specialist.
Henry Fowler's Favorite Theorem
Scientific American online
2017-11-16
In this episode of My Favorite Theorem, my cohost Kevin Knudson and I were fortunate to talk to Henry Fowler. Dr. Fowler is the chair of the mathematics department at Diné College, a college that serves Navajo Nation. You can listen to the episode here or at kpknudson.com.