Michelle L. Cook

Dr. Michelle L. Cook, a law trained expert in indigenous human rights and an enrolled member of the Diné (Navajo) Nation, is a member of the International Advisory Board of the UA Human Rights Practice program. She is also the founder of Divest Invest Protect (DIP) and Co-Director of the Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegations (IWDD) an Indigenous-led international human rights campaign pressuring banks, insurance, and credit rating agencies to divest from harmful extraction companies and invest in the cultural survival and self-determination of the world’s Indigenous peoples. She recently completed her Doctorate of Juridical Science (SJD) at the University of Arizona's Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program and her dissertation concerns the intersections of Indigenous human rights, divestment, and gender in the United States. She has recently worked on developing the Indigenous Human Rights Defenders and Corporate Accountability Program (IHRDCAP) at the University of Arizona School of Law and is currently the Director of Divest Invest Protect.