About Advising

Adria Brown (Chickasaw, she/her)

• Director of the Native American Program 
• Students can schedule an advising meeting through Calendly: calendly.com/adriabrown *This scheduling link is not utilized to make staff, faculty, or community schedules.
• *If you'd like to meet the Director, please reach out to Native.American.Program@dartmouth.edu for scheduling.*

Nicole Smoke (Mohawk, Wolf Clan, she/her)

• Assistant Director of the Native American Program 
• Schedule a meeting through Calendly: calendly.com/nicolesmoke

Through 1-1 conversations, we mentor and guide students through experiences such as:

• transitioning to a new environment
• finding one's place or community at Dartmouth
• navigating intra-community identity politics
• exploring personal identity 
• developing strategies for self-advocacy
• managing institutional and interpersonal power dynamics
• connecting with support services and resources across campus
• leveraging personal- and community-based strengths to thrive at and beyond Dartmouth

The Director of the Native American Program also serves in rotation on the "Dean-on-Call" system, a 24-hr emergency student support service.