Enrique Salmon Faculty Profile

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Enrique   Salmon

Professor

What makes me unique

Dr. Enrique Salmón is a Rarámuri (Tarahumara) and teaches American Indian Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies. He is a leading expert in ethnobotany, ethnobiology, agroecology, ancestral ecological knowledge and the connections between climate change and Indigenous traditional foodways and land management practices. It is Dr. Salmón’s belief that these foodways are connected to every element and process of sustainable bio-cultural diversity and that all facets including cultural expression, landscapes, education, leadership development, networking and policy should be understood and supported.  

 
Dr. Salmón has contributed essays and chapters to numerous publications and books. He is the author of “Eating The Landscape,” a book focused on small-scale Native farmers of the Greater Southwest and their role in maintaining biocultural diversity. His most recent publication is “IWÍGARA: The Kinship of Plants and People” - an ethnobotany of 80 plants important to American Indians. 
 
During his studies, he was a Scholar in Residence at the Heard Museum. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Society of Ethnobiology and has published several articles and chapters on Indigenous ethnobotany, agriculture, nutrition and traditional ecological knowledge. 
 
Dr. Salmón is the Tribal Liaison for the CSUEB campus and NAGPRA coordinator. 

 

  • Ethnoecology

    Agroecology

    Urban and Contemporary Indians

    American Indian Liberation Movements

    American Indian Food Ways

    American Indians and Climate Change

    Ethnicity and Identity

  • B.S., Western New Mexico UniversityM.A.T., Southwestern Studies, Colorado CollegePh.D., Anthropology, Arizona State University

  • Fall Semester 2026

    Course #SecCourse TitleDaysFromToLocationCampus
    ES 30201Eating The LandscapeARRWEB-ASYNCHOnline Campus