Associate Dean, Office for First Generation Access
Associate Professor (Lecturer), College Of Social Work

u0512054@utah.edu

External Service

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: As part of National Adoption Awareness month and National Native American Heritage Month, partnered with Utah Foster Care and the Utah Division of Child and Family Services to provide free evening screening of the documentary Dawnland; facilitated Q & A, 10/24/2018-11/28/2018

Professional Service

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Utah’s Indian Child Welfare Committee is part of the Court Improvement Program and aims to improve the lives of Native American children in state’s care; planning of state ICWA conference , Utah Court Improvement Program (CIP), 06/2018

Media

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Guest on RadioACTive, a community affairs program for community builders and grassroots activists. Interview titled: The latest attack on the Indian Child Welfare Act; featuring: Dena Ned, Director, American Indian Social Work Program, College of Social Work, University of Utah, and Caren Frost, Director, Center for Research on Migration & Refugee Integration, College of Social Work, University of Utah. Highlighted book “Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare: American Indian and Canadian Aboriginal Contexts,” published earlier this year by J. Charlton Publishing , 12/18/2018