Jacob Moore

Jacob Moore, Associate Vice President of Tribal Relations

Office of Government & Community Engagement

 Jacob Moore’s primary role is to develop, enhance, and sustain collaborative partnerships between Arizona State University and tribal nations and Indigenous communities. Jacob also works to increase the recruitment, retention, and the graduation rates of American Indian students and to increase the number of American Indian faculty, staff, and academic programs.

Topic: Honoring Place & Space

Indigenous Placekeeping or Indigenous Design Thinking is about creating an inclusive approach to design. The nation-centric method prioritizes the cultural setting, negotiates an expanded role of citizen experts and utilizes Indigenous methodologies to instill local narrative to a project. Compatible with ASU’s eight design aspirations, we should consider how we prioritize historical understanding, community-driven metrics, Indigenous design thinking, technological innovation, local vernacular intelligence, holistic systems solutions thinking, and collaboration with local practitioners.