Theresa H. Arriola

Theresa Hill Arriola (also known as Isa Arriola) is a Northern Mariana Islander cultural anthropologist and indigenous rights activist from Saipan, who lectures in critical Indigenous studies in the department of sociology and anthropology at Concordia University. She is also the chair of Our Common Wealth 670, an organisation that advocates for demilitarisation of the Pacific territories of the United States.

Theresa H. Arriola
Born
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Other namesIsa Arriola
OccupationCultural anthropologist
Board member ofOur Common Wealth 670 (Chair)
Northern Marianas Humanities Research Council (Secretary)
Academic background
EducationBrown University
University of Hawaiʻi
Alma materUCLA
ThesisSecuring Nature: Militarism, Indigeneity and the Environment in the Northern Mariana Islands (2021)
Doctoral advisorJessica R Cattelino
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropology
InstitutionsConcordia University

Biography

Arriola was born in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands and is Chamorro.[1][2] She attended the Northern Marianas Academy.[3] She studied at Brown University for a BA in History, then for her MA in Anthropology from the University of Hawaiʻi.[4] She studied for her doctorate at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated in 2021.[1][5] Her thesis explored the how militarism intersects with indigenous identities and the environment in the NMI, with a particular focus on the Chamorro and Refaluwasch peoples.[6] In 2017 she was awarded a grant by the Wenner-Gren Foundation to explore the overlapping territorial claims made by the US military and the indigenous Chamorro people.[7]

In 2018 she joined the Board of the Northern Marianas Humanities Research Council, and has held the positions of Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.[6] As of 2021 she is Assistant Professor of Critical Indigenous Studies in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University.[8][9] She is a member of the Association for Social Anthropologists in Oceania.[10]

She is Chair of Our Common Wealth 670, an organisation that advocates for "demilitarisation throughout the Marianas archipelago".[11][12] She has argued publicly that levels of American military involvement in the region are unsustainable.[11] She has also voiced concern that the US military will look at the Mariana archipelago as an alternative location for its military bases on Guam.[2] The organisation, led by Arriola, has encouraged opposition to the US Navy's plans to extend destructive military training in the region.[13]

Publications
  • Arriola, T. (2020). "Scenes from Everyday Life in the Northern Mariana Islands during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Oceania.[14]
  • Arriola, T. (2020). "Securing Nature: Militarism, Indigeneity and the Environment in the Northern Mariana Islands". UCLA.[15]

References
  1. "Theresa (Isa) Arriola, PhD".
  2. "Under threat from China, the Pentagon wants to build a new missile defence base in the Pacific". ABC News. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  3. "Lee and Arriola top NMA Class 2006 - Saipan Tribune". 2021-10-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  4. "Theresa Arriola | Swearer Center. Brown University". 2021-10-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  5. UCLA Doctoral Class 2021 (PDF).
  6. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS – Northern Marianas Humanities Council". 2021-03-05. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  7. "Arriola, Theresa Hill | The Wenner-Gren Foundation". 2021-10-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  8. "U.S. Militarization of Guam & the Marianas: Lived Impacts of the U.S. War On China - CODEPINK - Women for Peace". 2021-10-01. Archived from the original on 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  9. "Faculty". www.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  10. "Theresa Arriola". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  11. Letman, Jon (2021-01-15). "Left stranded: US military sonar linked to whale beachings in Pacific, say scientists". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  12. "Our Common Wealth 670". Our Common Wealth 670. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  13. "Resolution opposing destructive military training advances - Saipan Tribune". 2021-10-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  14. Arriola, Theresa (Isa) (2020). "Scenes from Everyday Life in the Northern Mariana Islands during the COVID ‐19 Pandemic". Oceania. 90 (S1): 41–46. doi:10.1002/ocea.5264. ISSN 0029-8077. S2CID 230539997.
  15. Arriola, Theresa (2020). "Securing Nature: Militarism, Indigeneity and the Environment in the Northern Mariana Islands". escholarship.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
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