Priscilla Day
Priscilla
A. Day, Anishinaabe, MSW, Ed.D. is an enrolled member
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe from the Leech Lake
Reservation. She is a professor in the department of
social work at the University of Minnesota Duluth
where she has worked for 14 years. In 2006, she became
the principal investigator and director for the Center
for Regional and Child Welfare Studies that offers
students scholarships to train and work in the field
of child welfare. She has written numerous articles on
issues related to American Indian families. Recently,
her book chapter, “American Indian Elders in Nursing
Homes” was published in
Social Work Practice with Ethnically and Racially
Diverse Nursing Home Residents and Their
Families,
Kolb, P., Ed.,
Columbia Press, 2007.
Dr. Day co-created a model of diversity education called
"Learning Circles" that is offered as an elective in her
department of social work. She has done numerous
presentations on cultural competence including indigenous
cultural competence, organizational cultural competence,
and working effectively with diverse groups. She is the
principal investigator of a grant that is researching
developmental assets in Ojibwe communities asking the
question, “What does it take to raise healthy Anishinaabe
children?”
Day received her MSW in 1991 from the University of
Minnesota Duluth. In 1999 she received her EdD from the
University of Minnesota Leadership Academy. She is the
mother of three adult children.
Her recent awards include the “Significant Achievements”
TRIO Award that honors those who have made significant
lifetime achievements and the "Woman of Distinction"
Leadership Award given by the YWCA of Duluth Minnesota to
honor women who have made significant contributions to the
Duluth community and region.
Day is a member of the Council of Social Work Educators and
served on its Board of Directors from 2002-2005. She is a
member and co-president of the American Indian Social Work
Educators.
American Indian faculty at UMD are starting an on-line
journal, and Dr. Day is the Editor. The inaugural edition
of Bemaadizing: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Indigenous
Life is expected to be available on-line in December 2007.
Two of her publications are available through the
University of Minnesota Duluth Department of Social Work
website:
Day,
P.A. & Tellett, A. “Minnesota Anishinaabe: Nations and
People-An Information and Resource Manual”. Department of
Social Work, University of Minnesota-Duluth, MN, 2002.
(www.d.umn.edu/sw)
American Indian Projects, Anishinaabe Information and
Resource Manual).
Day,
PA., A Guide to Cultural Competency, Department of Social
Work, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN, 1994.
(www.d.umn.edu/~kheltzer)
SW 8100 Social Work with Diverse Populations, On-line
Resources, Department of Social Work Cultural Competence
Packet