About
Faculty, Staff & Students
IWRI Co-Directors
Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)
Executive Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Prof., School of Social Work, University of Washington
Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Executive Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work
Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI
Faculty
Angelique Day, PhD (Hochunk)
Associate Professor, UW School of Social Work
Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Bonnie Duran, DrPH (Opelousas/Coushatta)
Director, IWRI Center for Indigenous Health Research (ret'd)
Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington (ret'd)
Tessa Evans-Campbell, PhD (Snohomish)
Executive Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Prof., School of Social Work, University of Washington
Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Executive Co-director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work
Director, Environmentally based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI
E. Roberto Orellana, PhD
Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Director, LUNA Program
Affiliated Faculty, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
PhD Program Director, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Cynthia R. Pearson, PhD
Director of Research, IWRI
Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Univeristy 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
Dean, Univeristy of Washington School of Social Work
Staff
Thea M Benally
Project Coordinator, IWRI - Wakaya Rising Up Research
Devon Bushnell
Program Operations Specialist, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
Chris Charles (Cowichan, Snuneymuxw, & Duwamish)
Research Coordinator, IWRI
Ramari Jackson-Paniora (Ngāti Kahungunu/Ngāti Awa/Ngāti Porou/Te Aitiawa)
Director Strategic Initiatives, Planning and International Engagement , Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
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)
Students
Tess Abrahamson-Richards, MPH (Spokane)
PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Primary Mentor, Annjeanette Belcourt, Professor, Native American Studies Chair, University of Montana
Santino Giovanni Camacho (CHamoru)
PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington
