Robert Megginson (Lakota), University of Michigan, is the guest lecturer for January in the United Tribes Native Research Lecture Series.

Megginson will present the talk "2+2=Indian: The Math Path to Self-Determination," at 3 p.m. Thursdayin the lower level of the college's Jack Barden Center.

The event is sponsored by the college's Office of Research and is open to the public.

Much of Megginson's interest and time have been absorbed by the problem of the serious under representation of minorities in mathematics. One of only about a dozen Native Americans who are known to hold doctorates in mathematics, Megginson has served on and chaired numerous professional and national committees that address this problem.

Megginson will discuss some of the implications of this under representation and the advantages of math-based American Indian graduates.

For more information, contact Cheryl Long Feather, 701-255-3285, ext. 1491, or clongeather@;uttc.edu.