Jay Lewis Craváth, PhD
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6130 West Tucson Estates Parkway

Tucson, AZ. 85713

cravath@gmail.com

928.231.9754

Jay Lewis Craváth, PhD

Goal: to teach others about Humanites and the Liberal Arts.

EXPERIENCE

Scholar and Presenter, Arizona Humanities and Independent (1990-Current)

Current Presentations are listed at the Ballad of Arizona website.

Arizona International School, Chandler, Arizona (2011 – 2022)

Consultant/Registrar

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe (2013-2018)

Cultural Director

Colorado River Indian Tribes, Parker, Arizona (2002 – 2010) Assistant Director/Academic Counselor,
Education Department

Poston Community Alliance, Inc, Parker, Arizona (2005 – 2009)

Executive Director

Whiteriver School District (1979-1984)

Materials Development Specialist
White Mountain Apache Tribe

EDUCATION

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (May 2002)

Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction—Cultural Education focus

Fellowship with Center for Indian Education
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Managing Editor for Journal of American Indian Education

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (May 1990)
Masters degree, Secondary Education--Humanities

Awarded Outstanding college instructor
President Arizona Council for the Social Studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (expanded)
Arizona International School, Chandler, Arizona (2011 – 2022)
Arizona International School uses a transdisciplinary curriculum to offer Arizona students in grades K-12 an exceptional learning experience. With individualized learning approaches covering core subject areas and beyond, it is based on decades of education research, such as International Baccalaureate.

Consultant/Registrar

Recruiter—counsels and assists parents and students in enrolling with online programs.
Curriculum and Instruction—Develop, review and revise content for instruction K – 12 as well as developing a new international baccalaureate model for college preparation.
Grant writing—assist with grants: writing and reviewing.

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe (2013-2018)
The Chemehuevi Indian Tribe is a federally recognized tribal government located in California. They were first given a reservation by the Office of Indian Affairs in 1907 along the Colorado River. The Parker Dam Project in the 1930s inundated their reservation by creating Lake Havasu. Through persistence by tribal leaders, they were given a reservation in 1970 on the California side of the lake.

Cultural Director

Oversaw Operation of the Chemehuevi Cultural Center—developed programs for tribal members and the public; gathered scholarly materials for the tribal archive; created exhibitions at the Center and tribal ferry in lake Havasu City; developed culturally relevant materials for tribal members and the public; developed programs for special events.

Colorado River Indian Tribes, Parker, Arizona (2002 – 2010)
The Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) includes four distinct Tribes - the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi and Navajo. There are currently about 3,500 active Tribal members. The Federal Government created the CRIT Reservation in 1865 for “Indians of the Colorado River and its tributaries,” originally for the Mohave and Chemehuevi, who had inhabited the area for centuries. People of the Hopi and Navajo Tribes were relocated to the reservation in later years.

Assistant Director/Academic Counselor
Education Department

Academic counselor—advised tribal postsecondary students and parents regarding college, university and vocational opportunities; developed workshops for academic success; assisted high school students with vocational and postsecondary opportunities.
Administered programs—staff and teacher training, supervised staff, conducted research on and implementation of best practice models for office management; enhanced the department’s visibility among local and state agencies; managed office and improved efficiency and overall communication with constituency groups, including Local Education Agencies (LEA), other tribal entities, state agencies, and institutions of secondary education; assisted with training of new hires and choosing of consultants for the department and tribe.
Liaison to Community—met with tribal leadership at the local and regional levels; established policies for communicating with other tribes and state agencies, such as Arizona Department of Education and various leaders on reservations throughout the state.
Service—served on numerous tribal and regional boards: Child Protection Service; Educational Outreach; Battered Women’s Shelter; Environmental Protection Office; Poston Community Alliance; invited to speak annually to new teachers on regional Native American history and culture; served on Impact Aid committee to determine district/tribal consensus; provided recommendations on quality improvement for the local community college and First Things First initiative; collaborated with Arizona State University’s Center for Indian Education to promote social and economic self-sufficiency.
Grant writing—planned, received and administered grants for Educational Department computer lab, Entrepreneur Initiative workshops with Northern Arizona University, and speakers in the LEA schools.
Research—assisted the local school districts in implementation of changes to curriculum based on best practice; investigated and cataloged resources on the historical record for the regional tribes and their interaction with Europeans; researched nested immersion projects (visitations to Cuts-wood and Salish schools) to replicate for CRIT.
Lead advocate for establishing a tribal school: visited multiple schools in the United States with language immersion and successful academic programs geared to Native Americans; wrote charter for tribal school; advocated for support of school with tribal and local leaders; partnered with existing state charter school to become a second site.

Poston Community Alliance, Inc, Parker, Arizona (2005 – 2009)
A non-profit organization actively working to preserve the physical artifacts as well as the stories and memories of life in the Poston internment camps and on the Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona during World War II. The Poston Community Alliance, Inc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group.

Executive Director/Grant Writer

Developed 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation for the purpose of preserving, stabilizing and developing a museum and interpretation center at the former site of the Poston Japanese Internment Camp.
Identified and recruited eight-member board of directors.
Provided leadership and direction in planning and developing strategic partnerships for future museum.
Managed and established policies and guidelines for Poston Community Alliance.
Organized and administered projects for stakeholders/volunteers.
Clarified goals and provided technical supervision of fundraising.
Developed workshops to engender community and private support for funding opportunities.
Wrote grants and elicited donations with goal of designing and completing museum infrastructure.
Assisted with contracting EPA to clean hazardous materials from the Poston site.
Wrote National Park Service grants (funded) to do oral histories of former internees.
Attended multiple meetings and reunions of Japanese Internees to increase awareness of and support for the project.
Organized/spearheaded successful world premiere of film about the Poston Experience (“Passing Poston”); aired on PBS in 2010.

Classroom Teaching—taught public school music and humanities: 1974-1998

PUBLICATIONS

MUSIC ALBUMS
Cravath, J. (2017). “Songs for Ancient Days.” Wickenburg, AZ: CD Baby.

BOOKS
Cravath, J. (2009). The Mohave Book for Little Ones. Parker, AZ: Enlightenment Publishing.
Cravath, J. (2009). The Chemehuevi Book for Little Ones. Parker, AZ: Enlightenment Publishing.
Cravath, J. & Ench, R. (2002). North American Indian Music. New York: Watts Library.

ARTICLES
Cravath, J. (Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. California Territorial History Journal. 23(4) 1018.
Cravath, J. (2003) The humanities-based classroom: An oasis in a standardized desert. International Journal of Humanities and Peace. 19(1). 19-22.
Cravath, J. & McGowan, T. (2000). How fishing in Costa Rica landed a voter education project in America. Social Education, 64(5), 297-299.

PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

Cravath, J. (2023) Romancing Arizona: songs of Love and Marriage. Paper presented at the Annual Arizona of the
Arizona History Convention.
Cravath, J. (2018, April 20). Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat.
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Arizona History Convention.
Cravath, J. (2011, April 29). Mapping the Lower Colorado: The Expedition of Lt. Joseph C. Ives.
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Arizona History Convention.
Cravath, J. (2009, October 23). The Whipple Expedition: A “Lewis and Clark” Adventure in the
Southwest. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Council for the
Social Studies.
Cravath, J. (2009, September 21). Japanese Internment in Poston, Arizona. Paper presented at the Yuma
Peace Expo Educational Conference.
Cravath, J. (2007, April 14). Cooperative Learning Centers: A template for humanities-based
instruction. Paper presented at the Regional Conference of the National Council for Social Studies,
Rocky Mountain and Great Plains Regions.
Cravath, J. (2007, April 13). Enduring Communities: World War II and the Japanese American
Experience in the West. Presented at the Regional Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies,
Rocky Mountain and Great Plains Regions.
Cravath, J. (2006, October 28). Enduring Communities: A curriculum project on Japanese
Americans in Arizona. Paper presented at the Arizona Council for the Social Studies Conference.
Cravath, J. (2005, April 22). Life in a Japanese Internment Camp In the U.S.A: Classroom-ready
resources and practical teaching strategies, Paper presented at the National Council for the Social
Studies, Kansas City, Missouri.
Cravath, J. (2004, April 15). Family transmission model for indigenous practices. Paper presented at the Exemplary
Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Cravath, J. (2003, April 25). No child left behind and cultural education: Research and strategies to combat
narrowing of the curriculum. Paper presented at the Exemplary Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Cravath, J. (2003, September 15). Cooperative learning units: A research-based response to “No Child Left Behind.”
Paper presented at the Southwest Region Johnson-O’Malley Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Cravath, J. (2002, November 16). Music as narrative: Seeking translation. Paper presented at the Curriculum and
Pedagogy Conference, Austin, Texas.
Cravath, J., & Finley, S. (2001, October). Women’s Images in Media: Exploring Visual and Musical Approaches to
Critical Dialogue. Presented at the annual Conference on Curriculum and Pedagogy, Victoria, B.C.
McGowan, T., Cravath, J., & Hinde, L. (2000, November 27). Arts integration in a non-integrated world. Paper
presented at the National Council for Social Studies, San Antonio, Texas.
Barone, T., & Cravath, J. (2000, April 17). Who cares? (a play about passion in teaching with incidental music).
Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

AWARDS

2018 Keynote, Arizona Humanities Awards Banquet
2015 Keynote, National Police
2010 Outstanding Board Member, Arizona Council for the Social Studies
2006 Winning Composition, Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking
1999-2002 Bilingual Education Fellowship, Arizona State University
1997 Outstanding Faculty Award, Rio Salado College
1994 Arizona Distinguished Scholar, Arizona Humanities Council
1994 Citizen of the Year, Arizona Cable Television Association
1989 NEH-Reader's Digest Teacher-Scholar Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities

REFERENCES

Dan Shilling, PhD
danshilling@cox.net
Scholar and former Director Arizona Humanities
2201 N Central AVE., APT 7E
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-300-6694

Frederick Ench, MA-Filmmaking
MA-Fine Arts
Consultant
2807 E Seneca St
Tucson, AZ 85716
914-264-6767