Katherine Spilde

Katherine Spilde
OccupationAnthropologist
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa (BA)
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (MA)
University of California, Riverside (PhD)
University of California, Santa Cruz (MBA)
ThesisActs of sovereignty, acts of identity: Negotiating interdependence through tribal government gaming on the White Earth Indian Reservation (1998)
Doctoral advisorTriloki Pandey
Other advisorsRuth Krulfeld
Academic work
Sub-disciplineTribal government gaming
InstitutionsSycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming
Websitekatespilde.com

Katherine Ann Spilde is an American anthropologist. She is a professor and endowed chair of the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming at San Diego State University, specializing in government-owned casino gambling models and Tribal Government Gaming.