Indigenous Research Trainees

Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)

Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Social Work, University of Washington

tecamp@uw.edu

Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Minnesota

Ramona Beltrán, PhD, MSW (Yaqui/Mexica)

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

Myra Parker, JD, PhD (Mandan & Hidatsa)

Associate Director, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington

myrap@uw.edu

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

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

Richard Armenta, PhD (Pascua Yaqui/Latino),

Assistant Professor, Health Science/Kinesiology, California State University San Marcos

rarmenta@csusm.edu

Peter Mataira, PhD (Maori)

MSW Program Director and Assistant Professor, Hawai'i Pacific University College of Health and Society - School of Social Work

pmataira@hpu.edu

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

Danica Brown, PhD, MSW (Choctaw)

Jessica Hope Elm, PhD MSW (Oneida)

PhD , 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 Nation of Oklahoma)

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Pacific University Oregon

Shanondora Billiot, PhD (United Houma Nation)

Angela Fernandez, PhD, MSW (Menominee)

Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

Raven Ross, PhD

Ciwang Teyra, PhD, MSW

Jessica Black, MSW (Gwich’in Athabascan)

PhD Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School

Emma Elliott-Groves, PhD, MSW (Cowichan)

Migis Gonzalez, PhD, MPH

Melissa Lewis, PhD (Cherokee Nation)

Miriam Valvidinos, PhD

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

Antonia R.G. Alvarez, LMSW (Mestiza Pinay)

Doctoral Student, School of Social Work, University of Denver

Ashley Cole, M.S. (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)

Jerreed Ivanich, M.S. (Alaskan Native – Tsimshian)

Doctoral Student, Sociology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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

Araceli Orozco-Hershey

Sarah Rhoades-Kerswill, PhD (Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma)

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Anitra Hill

Rebeka Adolpho

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Pakela Akaka

Kamaka’ike Bruecher

Kuaiwi Makua

Keala Patterson

Keturah Peters

Wyatt Pickner