Dr. Roger Dube
(Mohawk Turtle Clan)
Sequoyah Fellow Dr. Roger Dube, winner of the 2019 Ely S. Parker Award, was named a J. William Fulbright Scholar in 2020 for work to be conducted this year at the University of Manitoba. In his work with Manitoba, Dr. Dube has been developing a program to increase Indigenous student enrollment in the sciences. The program, named Wawatay after the Anishinaabe word for northern lights, will fuse traditional Indigenous science approaches with university science instruction to broaden the reach and impact of traditional knowledge. Dr. Dube’s award will help fund his efforts to improve the retention of Indigenous students in STEM.
Dr. Dube is a professor emeritus and former assistant dean for undergraduate research and interdisciplinary programs at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). With 44 years of experience teaching and educating others, Dr. Dube is an author, entrepreneur, mentor, and researcher who holds 16 patents.
He is the former president, co-founder, and chief scientist of Digital Authentication Technologies. He has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan, the University of Arizona, and Yale University, as well as RIT. His professional recognitions include research awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Farash Foundation, the State of New York, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and NASA.
He was the principal investigator of two 3-year grants from the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), which focused on increasing Native participation in STEM research. Under Dr. Dube, the REU program engaged 14 Native students in STEM over six years, a rate unequaled in any other REU physics program sponsored by the NSF. Of these 14 Native students, 13 have continued in careers in STEM, including multiple PhDs and master’s degrees.
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