The Buder Center has been engaged in a number of social work and public health research projects in American Indian communities.  Our intent is to use research to inform federal, state, and tribal policy makers and foster partnerships between national centers that share our focus on American Indian and Alaska Native research.

Recent Publications

Asher BlackDeer, A., Patterson Silver Wolf, D. A., Maguin, E., & Beeler-Stinn, S. (2021). Depression and anxiety among college students: Understanding the impact on grade average and differences in gender and ethnicity. Journal of American College Health.

Thompson, K., Harpring, J. & Whitegoat, W. (2021). Indigenous World Views and Social Work Field Practice: Reflections from Social Workers Advancing through Grounded Education Program (SAGE) Educators. J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work.

Edwards, K. (2021). Trail marker trees. Kathyrn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies. 

McCall, K. (2020). Leadership through an Indigenous lens. Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies.

Albright, D. L., Fletcher, K. L., McDaniel, J. T., Godfrey, K., Thomas, K., Tovar, M., & Bertram, J. M.  (2020). Differences in mental and physical health by military service status in service member and veteran students who identify as American Indian and Alaska natives. Journal of American College Health.

McCall, K., Manshack, L. (2020). State license renewal information for licensed professional counselors and addiction counselors. Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies.

Baxter, R.,  Begay, S., Brown, A., Bryer, C., Clifford, S., Connell, J., Foster, A., Gonzalez, A., Lee, J., May, M., McCall, M., Megli, A., Moyer, N., Pena, P., Phillips, R., Pinto, E., Pipestem, K., Rogers, H., Gonzalez, A.S., Sindelar, H., & Thompson, K. (2020). The 2020 Washington University in St. Louis Pow Wow Committee COVID-19 report and resource guide. Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies.

Thompson, K., Harpring, J., Whitegoat, W. (2020) Indigenous world views and social work field practice: Reflections from educators. Journal of Human Rights & Social Work. (Accepted)

Asher BlackDeer, A., Patterson Silver Wolf, D, Beeler-Stinn, S., & Duran, B. (2020). Substance use and interpersonal violence: Exploring potential threats to underrepresented minority students’ academic success. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice

Asher BlackDeer, A. and Patterson Silver Wolf, D. (2020). Evidence mapping: Interventions for American Indian and Alaska Native youth mental health. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Patterson Silver Wolf, D. A., Maguin, E., Beeler-Stinn, S. and Asher BlackDeer, A. (2020). Depression and Anxiety among College Students: Understanding the Impact on GPA and Differences in Gender and Ethnicity.

Patterson Silver Wolf, D., Taylor, F., Maguin, E., and Asher BlackDeer, A. (2020). You are college material – You belong: An underrepresented-minority student retention intervention without deception. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice.

Tovar, M., Thompson, K., & Billiot, S. (2020). Training American Indian and Alaska Native social workers for Indian Country. Journal of Evidence Informed Social Work, 17:1, 75-89.

Thompson, K., Posey, A., & Manshack, L. (2020). American Indian social work students: Factors that influence success in graduate school. Journal of Evidence Informed Social Work, 17(1), 63-74. 

Tovar, M. (2019). The Washington University in St. Louis pow wow. Seminole State College NASNTI News – January 2019 Edition.

Van Schuyver, J., Woodard, K., Charles, S., Thompson, K. (2019). State license requirements for social workers. Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies. 


Research Reports

American Indian Graduate Magazine Publications