Profiles
Carolyn
Barcus,
EdD, is a member of the Blackfeet Tribe of Northern
Montana. Her Blackfeet name is Bear Woman. Barcus has
dedicated her career to improving the mental health and
well being of indigenous people in North America. She
heads the American Indian Support
Program at
Utah State University.
John Chaney,
Creek, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Oklahoma
State University where he head the American Indians into
Psychology program.
Candace M.
Fleming,
Kickapoo-Oneida-Cherokee, PhD, is a key person in
the American Indian and Alaska Natives
Program in
the department of psychiatry at the University of
Colorado at Denver School of Medicine.
Jeff King,
Muscogee Creek, PhD, is a psychologist. Currently he is
an associate professor in the department of psychology
at Western Washington University in Bellingham,
Washington.
Dr.
Marigold Linton
is
Cahuilla-Cupeno of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
She overcame enormous obstacles to become one of the
first American Indians to earn a PhD in psychology. Her
distinguished career has included major roles in
creating programs that have enabled many American
Indians to earn advanced degrees in the sciences.
Spero M. Manson, Pembina
Chippewa, PhD, an anthropologist, is professor of
psychiatry at the University of Colorado Denver School
of Medicine where he founded and directs the American
Indian and Alaska Native Programs.
Dr.
Arthur
McDonald,
Oglala Sioux, was the first American Indian man to earn
a PhD in psychology. In 2000 he was awarded the
Presidential Citation American Psychological Association
(APA) for his “invaluable contributions not only to
psychology but to American Indians and Alaskan Natives
and underserved people throughout the nation.”
Doug
McDonald, Oglala Lakota, PhD is director of the
Indians Into Psychology Doctoral Education program
(INPSYDE) at
the University of North Dakota.
Gyda Swaney, Flathead,
PhD, is an associate professor in the department of
psychology at the University of Montana. As director of
the INPSYCH
Program, she
is fostering the development of bicultural American
Indian psychologists.
Maria Yellow
Horse Brave Heart,
Hunkpapa, Oglala Lakota, PhD, is an associate professor
of social work at Columbia University School of Social
Work. She is listed here (as well as under "Social
Work") because of her clinical intervention work.