Eddie Brown
Providing Leadership in Government and
Academe
Eddie F.
Brown, DSW, is an enrolled member of the Pascua Yaqui
Tribe, and he is affiliated with the Tohono O’odham
Nation. His distinguished career as a leader in, and
an advocate for, the American Indian community
illustrates the wide range of work opportunities that
can be built on advanced degrees in social work.
Currently, Brown is a professor at Arizona State University
in Tempe, Arizona where he serves as Director of the American Indian
Studies program. He
has a joint professorship with the School of Social
Work. His many responsibilities include providing a
campus-wide leadership role to ensure that American
Indian programs on campus work together in coordinated
way.
Brown's prior position was Associate Dean and Director of
the Kathryn M Buder Center for American Indian Studies at
the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington
University in St. Louis, Missouri.
In the world of government Brown has served as Director of
Intergovernmental Operations with the Arizona Department of
Economic Security, Chief of the Division of Social Services
in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Director of Arizona
Department of Economic Security, and Assistant Secretary
for the Department of Interior.