About

IWRI

Indigenous Research Trainees

ISMART-Cohort 1

Danica Brown, MSW (Choctaw)
Jessica Hope Elm, PhC, MSW (Oneida)

PhD Candidate, Social Welfare

jelm@uw.edu

Roberto Orellana, PhD

Associate Professor, Social Work at Portland State University

Katie Schultz, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Matthew Town, PhD, MPH (Choctaw)

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ISMART-Cohort 2

Shanondora Billiot, PhD (United Houma Nation)
Angela Fernandez, PhC MSW (Menominee)

Indigenous Social Welfare PhD Student, IWRI

Raven Ross, PhD
Ciwang Teyra, PhD, MSW

ISMART-Cohort 3

Jessica Black, MSW (Gwich’in Athabascan)

PhD Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School

Emma Elliott-Groves, PhD, MSW (Cowichan)
Migis Gonzalez, MPH
Melissa Lewis, PhD (Cherokee Nation)
Miriam Valvidinos, PhD

IHART - Cohort 3

Ramona Beltrán, PhD, MSW (Yaqui/Mexica)

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver