Dr. William Carson is an incoming Assistant Professor in the School of Health Studies at Western University. He is an enrolled member of Ohkay Owingeh, one of the 20 federally recognized Pueblos in the United States. He is most recently a Postdoctoral researcher at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Department of Indigenous Cancer Health. He earned his PhD in Health Behavior Health Promotion at Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona studying barriers to healthcare for Indigenous students and the role of Indigenous identity. William also holds a BA and MPH from Columbia University in the City of New York. Dr. Carson’s research adapts theory on Indigenous identity and applies to healthcare access, Indigenous Data Sovereignty, and identity formation. He has conducted research with both university and urban populations to see if there are relationships between cultural identity and healthcare usage, explored how blood quantum and legal status create underlying tensions within Indigenous students, and adapt the principles of IDSov to examine how non-Indigenous organizations college, store, and use political status data.