Hello! My name is Amy Casselman Hontalas and I am a lecturer in Ethnic Studies, Women & Gender Studies, Race & Resistance Studies, and American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University, California State University Stanislaus, and Laney College. I hold a Master of Arts degree in Ethnic Studies from San Francisco State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

I am the author of Injustice in Indian Country: Jurisdiction, American Law, and Sexual Violence Against Native Women, a book examining race and gender in federal law and policy to further theorize violence against Native women in a colonial context.

I am currently a doctoral student at Stanford University where I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Sociology. Broadly, my research interests include social stratification and inequality, as well as the sociology of race, gender, and law. My current research examines political discourse on race and gender in contemporary American policy with an eye towards developing community-based strategies that challenge the marginalization of women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

Prior to my career in academia, I was a case worker for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California where I provided support services for Native children and families.