Credentials:
- PhD (candidate) in Public Policy, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School at the University of Regina
- MSW (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill)
- BA, English and French with Honors in the Liberal Arts (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Susannah Walker is an enrolled citizen of the Waganakising Odawa (Michigan) and her grandmother’s family is from the Santee Sioux (Dakota) Nation.
Research Interests:
- Indigenous health disparities
- Impact of culture on improving outcomes for Indigenous youth
- Trauma
Expertise:
- Community social work
- Historical trauma
- Health disparities
- Working with youth
Courses Taught:
- INSW 200 – Intro to Indigenous Social Work
- INSW 377 – Traditional Self-Healing
- INSW 321 – Human Growth and Development from Traditional Teachings
- INSW 411 – Social Work with Victims of Abuse
- INSW 495 – Individual and Group Inquiries – an AA-ZZ series (Trauma Elective)
- INSW 447 – Indigenous Social Work Practice II
- INSW 458 – Indigenous Social Work Practicum II