Lisa Eutsey is Executive Vice President and founding Provost of San Carlos Apache College. Previously, she served as the Dean of Faculty at Diné College, building upon a seven-year tenture there as a faculty member and Chair of the English Department. Her teaching at Diné College centered on developmental and college-level courses in composition, humanities, literature, creative writing, and communication. Prior to joining Diné College, Dr. Eutsey taught courses at Northern Arizona University for its Honors Program and its Communication Department, served as a visiting lecturer at the University of South Florida, and taught courses for six years as a graduate student at Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Eutsey earned her Bachelor’s degree with a dual major in English and History at Youngstown State University, and earned her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in English from Penn State University. Her experience as a faculty member and especially as a senior-level academic administrator—at rather diverse and unique institutions—sparked her interest in formally studying the field of higher education administration. This led her to pursue an M.Ed. in Community College/Higher Education at Northern Arizona University, which she completed in 2020.
Dr. Eutsey’s most important goals for Apache College are to oversee its pursuit of candidacy for, and eventual stand-alone, accreditation, to build the programs which most align with the community’s employment and nation-building agendas, to foster and maintain strong relationships with the three state universities in key areas, and to position the College as a nexus for community education writ-large.