Darren J. Ranco, PhD, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation, is a professor of anthropology, chair of Native American programs, and faculty fellow at the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine. He has a masters of studies in environmental law from Vermont Law School and a PhD in social anthropology from Harvard University. His research focuses on the ways in which Indigenous Nations resist environmental destruction by using Indigenous science and diplomacies to protect their natural and cultural resources. He teaches classes on Indigenous intellectual property rights, research ethics, environmental justice and tribal governance. As a citizen of the Penobscot Nation, he is particularly interested in how better research relationships can be made between universities, museums, native and non-native researchers, and Indigenous communities.