“You can be successful in STEM and still stay true to your cultural identity. The future really is Indigenous.”

Dr. Joseph Bull (Delaware Tribe of Indians) is the first Native American dean of engineering in the U.S. and currently leads the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University.

In this new We Are Healers video, Dr. Bull shares how his roots, curiosity, and love for problem-solving led him to biomedical engineering — and how meaningful it is to now work in a space designed with Indigenous visibility at its core.

🎥 Watch his story and hear how engineering can be a powerful path for Native students to shape the future.