About
Faculty, Staff & Students
Faculty
Angelique Day, PhD (Hochunk)
Associate Professor, UW School of Social Work
Affiliated Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)
Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI
Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)
Associate Director, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD
Director of Research, IWRI
Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Univeristy of Washington
Jane Simoni, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington
Mike Spencer, PhD, MSW (Native Hawaiian)
Director of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceanic Affairs, IWRI
Presidental Term Professor, Univeristy of Washington School of Social Work
Staff
Chris Charles (Cowichan, Snuneymuxw, & Duwamish)
Research Coordinator, IWRI
Leo Egashira, MBA
Research Coordinator, IWRI
Meg Meneghel MacDonald, PhD
Research Coordinator, IWRI
Program Director, Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program (IHART2)
Program Director, Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education (INSPIRE)
Interim Program Director, Lighting Up Native Aspirations (LUNA)
Holly Regan, MSW
Project Director, Itza - Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program
Project Director, LUNA - International Indigenous Health Research Training Program
Students
Tess Abrahamson-Richards (Spokane)
PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Santino Giovanni Camacho (CHamoru)
PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Emily Loerzel, MSW
PhD Candidate, School of Social Work, University of Washington
