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