
Jennifer R. Rawlings is a native of New Haven and a senior contracts manager in the Office of Research Administration at Yale University. She is also a director at the Center for Indigenous Peoples Rights, a non-profit, Indigenous led organization the provides low cost and free legal services to Indigenous people and communities. Attorney Rawlings is an active member of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Attorney Rawlings received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts in 2009 where she competed a double major in legal studies and journalism while also completing the certificate program in Native American Indian studies. She received her law degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2015. After law school she volunteered as the chair of the Greater New Haven NAACP’s Legal Redress Committee for several years, where she successfully assisted community members with complaints of discrimination.
While at Yale, Attorney Rawlings co-founded the affinity group, Indigenous Leaders at Yale, a group that fosters community for Indigenous staff and faculty at the university. When not working, she loves to travel, practice basketry, spend time with her son, and participate in pow-wows.