Cary Waubanascum
- Assistant Professor, Indigenous Health
Contact Info
- Email: cary.waubanascum@UND.edu
- Office: 701.777.6521
Office Address
School of Medicine & Health Sciences
1301 North Columbia Road Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Dr. Cary Waubanascum Hawpetoss, Wapanohsew, is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Wakeny^ta (Turtle Clan), with ancestral roots in the Menominee, Forest County Potawatomi, and Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican nations. She is an Assistant Professor/Educator Scholar in the Department of Indigenous Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota. She is also a Native Children’s Research Exchange Scholar, INSPIRE Research Fellow with the University of Washington Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, Center for Ethics for Indigenous Genomics Research co-investigator, and 2023 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow. Her 18-year career as a scholar, educator, technical assistance provider, and social work practitioner has focused on Indigenous family wellbeing among tribes both locally and nationally. Dr. Waubanascum earned her master's in social work from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in 2008 and her PhD in social work from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities in Mni Sota Makoce in 2021. Relevant expertise includes Indigenous child welfare, reclaiming Indigenous knowledges and lifeways, including strengthening Indigenous kinship for family and community health, teaching and mentoring graduate students, examining the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Science from an Indigenous lens, and strengthening tribal research and protections through community partnered & engaged research. Dr. Waubanascum lives on the Oneida Nation reservation/Green Bay, WI (Go Pack Go!) with her husband Lance, son Tahatunhahelahawi/Rayan, daughter Yehkwaloloks/Shyla, baby girl German Shepherd “Loki” and elder silky terrier “Rose”.
IH 765: Indigenous Research Methods
IH 783/PH 583: American Indian Health Policy
IH 784: Indigenous Health Policy
Indigenous child welfare & reclaiming kinship; Indigenous research methodologies and methods; Prenatal substance abuse exposure in Indian Child Welfare; Tribal community led and engaged research, Tribal research review development & engaging/including tribal communities in the process, Tribal research and data governance.
Richardson, M, Waubanascum, C., Waters, S.F & Sarche, M. A Decolonial Perspective on Indigenous Early Childhood and Infant Mental Health: Reclaiming Indigenous ways for the next seven generations [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Washing State University – Vancouver.
Waubanascum, C., & Sarche, M. (2023). “So, we’ve been taken away since forever”: Indigenous Relative Caregivers’ Experiences as a Framework for Uncovering Coloniality in the Child Welfare System. Adversity and Resilience Science, 4(4), 343-361.
Martin, T.K.K., Marshall, S.M., Merculief, A., White, L., Young, R.I., Waubanascum, C., Russette, H. & White, E. (2023). Striving to be Pono (Balanced, Just, Fair, Equitable, & Hopeful): Conceptualizing an Indigenous Writing Process from a Native Hawaiian Cultural Perspective. Adversity and Resilience Science, 4(4), 435-458.
Johnston-Goodstar, K., Waubanascum, C., & Eubanks, D. (2022). Human Services for Indigenous Futures. In Bauerkemper, J. & Webster, R. (Eds.), Tribal Administration Handbook.
Waubanascum, C., Haight, W., Glesener, D., Day, P., Bussey, B., & Nichols, K. (2022). The Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies: Students’ experiences of an Anishinaabe-centered social work education program. Children and Youth Services Review, 106, 106450
Haight, W., Waubanascum, C., Glesener, D., Day, P., Bussey, B., & Nichols, K. (2020). The Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies: Systems change through a relational Anishinaabe worldview. Children and Youth Services Review, 119, 105601.
Haight, W., Waubanascum, C., Glesener, D., Day, P., Bussey, B., & Nichols, K. (2019). The Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies: Reducing disparities through Indigenous social work education. Children and Youth Services Review, 100, 156-166.
Haight, W., Waubanascum, C., Glesener, D., & Marsalis, S. (2018). A scoping study of Indigenous child welfare: The long emergency and preparations for the next seven generations. Children and Youth Services Review, 93, 397-410.
PhD, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, School of Social Work
MSW, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, Social Work
B.A., Alverno College