People

Bonnie Duran, DrPH (Opelousas/Coushatta)

Director, IWRI Center for Indigenous Health Research

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

bonduran@uw.edu

Karina L. Walters, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Associate Dean of Research, School of Social Work, University of Washington

kw5@uw.edu

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

Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD

Director of Research, IWRI

Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Univeristy of Washington

pearsonc@uw.edu

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

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

mspenc@uw.edu

Shana Ava

Administrative Director, IWRI

afshana@uw.edu

Chris Charles (Cowichan, Nanaimo, & Duwamish)

Research Coordinator, IWRI

Leo Egashira, MBA

Research Coordinator, IWRI

Meg Meneghel MacDonald, PhD

Research Coordinator, IWRI

Program Director, IHART2 & ISMART

Maya Magarati, PhD (Indigenous Nepali)

Research Scientist, IWRI Community Engagement and Outreach Core

Lecturer, School of Social Work, University of Washington

David Huh, PhD

Director, Methods Division

Research Scientist, IWRI Research Core

dhuh@uw.edu

Rebeca A Marin, PhD

Research Scientist, IWRI

rmarin@uw.edu

Matthew Ignacio, MSW (Tohono O’odham)

PhD Student, IWRI

Angela Fernandez, PhD, MSW (Menominee)

Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

Jessica Hope Elm, PhD MSW (Oneida)

PhD , Social Welfare

jelm@uw.edu

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

Melissa L. Walls PhD (Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nations Anishinabe)

Associate Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health and Population Sciences at the University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth

Danica Brown, PhD, MSW (Choctaw)

Shanondora Billiot, PhD (United Houma Nation)

Melissa Lewis, PhD (Cherokee Nation)

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

Katie Schultz, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)