About
Indigenous Research Trainees
IHART - Cohort 1
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)
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Minnesota
IHART - Cohort 3
Ramona Beltrán, PhD, MSW (Yaqui/Mexica)
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver
IHART2 - Cohort 2016
Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)
Associate Director, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
Vanessa Simonds, ScD (Crow Tribe)
Assistant Professor, Community Health, Montana State University
Angela Walden, PhD (Cherokee Nation)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago
IHART2 - Cohort 2017
Maya Magarati, PhD (Indigenous Nepali)
Research Scientist, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core
Lecturer, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Felicia M. Mitchell, PhD (Chickasaw, Black, White
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University
Misty Pacheco, DrPH (Hawaiian, Japanese, White)
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Exercise Science Department, Health Promotion track, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Margaret Robinson, PhD (Mi’kmaw from Eski’kewaq, Nova Scotia, and Member, Lennox Island First Nation)
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies in the Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
IHART2 - Cohort 2018
Richard Armenta, PhD (Pascua Yaqui/Latino),
Assistant Professor, Health Science/Kinesiology, California State University San Marcos
Peter Mataira, PhD (Maori)
MSW Program Director and Assistant Professor, Hawai'i Pacific University College of Health and Society - School of Social Work
Eugenia Millender, PhD (Indigenous Afro-Latina (Kuna/Guna)
Associate Professor, Florida State University Center for Indigenous Nursing Research for Health Equity
Matthew Town, PhD, MPH (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Pacific University Oregon
ISMART-Cohort 1
Roberto Orellana, PhD
Associate Professor, Social Work at Portland State University
Matthew Town, PhD, MPH (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Pacific University Oregon
ISMART-Cohort 2
Angela Fernandez, PhD, MSW (Menominee)
Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
ISMART-Cohort 3
Jessica Black, MSW (Gwich’in Athabascan)
PhD Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School
ISMART-Cohort 4
Ashleigh Coser (Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations)
Doctoral student, Psychology, Oklahoma State University
Laverne Demientieff, LMSW, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Danielle R. Eakins
Doctoral student, Psychology, University of Washington
Matthew Ignacio, MSW (Tohono O’odham)
PhD Student, IWRI
ISMART-Cohort 5
Antonia R.G. Alvarez, LMSW (Mestiza Pinay)
Doctoral Student, School of Social Work, University of Denver
Jerreed Ivanich, M.S. (Alaskan Native – Tsimshian)
Doctoral Student, Sociology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
ISMART-Cohort 6
Ricky Camplain, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Northern Arizona University's Center for Health Equity Research
Charles Lea, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington