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Dr. Meranda Roberts, a citizen of the Yerington Paiute Tribe and Chicana, holds a Ph.D. in History and an M.A. in Public History from the University of California, Riverside. She is a Visiting Professor in the Art History Department at Pomona College and serves on the Scholarly Advisory Committee for the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum, where she advocates for inclusive representation of Indigenous histories. An accomplished scholar and curator, Dr. Roberts co-curated Native Truths: Our Stories. Our Voices. at the Field Museum of Natural History. She also curated the 2023 Native American Invitational Exhibition at Idyllwild Arts, Still We Smile: Humor as Correction and Joy, and curated Continuity: Cahuilla Basket Weavers and their Legacies at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. Most recently, she co-edited Surviving the Long War: Creative Rebellion at the Ends of Empire, published by Bridge Books in Chicago. Through her work, she is dedicated to advancing anti-colonial pedagogy and Indigenous methodologies, holding colonial institutions accountable for harmful narratives, and reconnecting cultural heritage items with descendant communities to ensure their stories reflect their enduring significance