Catherine S. Fowler is professor emerita at the University of Nevada, Reno; research associate with the Nevada State Museum; and research associate in anthropology for the U.S. National Museum of Natural History. She has done linguistic, ethnoecological, and cultural field work among Northern Paiute, Southern Paiute, and Shoshone people of Nevada, Utah, and California. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.