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Social Work Futures Speaker
Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy, the 2024 APM speaker on social work futures, is an Associate Professor of Native American Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt. She researches Indigenous feminisms, California Indians, environmental justice, Indigenous natural resource management, mental health and cultural interventions, and decolonization. She is the Co-Director of the NAS Food Sovereignty Lab & Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute and recently completed a 5-year-long research study as local evaluator for a California Department of Public Health Reducing Health Disparities Project: the ACORN Youth Wellness Program with Two Feathers Native American Family Services.
In 2022–2023, she was named as Follet Chair at Dominican University. She received her PhD in Native American Studies at UC Davis; her MFA in Creative Writing from San Diego State University; and her BA in Psychology with a Specialization in Health and Development from Stanford University. She is also the volunteer executive director for the Native Women’s Collective, a nonprofit organization that focuses on the continued revitalization of Native American arts and culture.
In 2022–2023, she was named as Follet Chair at Dominican University. She received her PhD in Native American Studies at UC Davis; her MFA in Creative Writing from San Diego State University; and her BA in Psychology with a Specialization in Health and Development from Stanford University. She is also the volunteer executive director for the Native Women’s Collective, a nonprofit organization that focuses on the continued revitalization of Native American arts and culture.