For Our Futures: The National Native College Student Mental Health Study

Locations
USA
Categories
Community-based, Racial Equity
Project leads / PIs
  • Anna Fetter, PhD; Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry Division; Duke University; (PI) – anna.fetter@duke.edu
Team members
  • Tomás Hill, B.S.; Clinical Research Specialist Sr.; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Duke University; (Project Coordinator) – tomas.hill@duke.edu
  • John Gonzalez, PhD; Associate Professor in Psychology; Department Chair – School of Social and Community Sciences, Co-Founder/Co-Director – Indigenous Students in Psychology Training (InPsyT); Bemidji State University; (Community Research Team Member) – john.gonzalez@bemidjistate.edu
  • Lina Martin, B.A.; Native American Center for Health Professions AUNTIE (Advocate for Uplifting Native Traditions and Indigenous Engagement), Native American Outreach Liaison, Mercile J. Lee Health Career Liaison; University of Wisconsin-Madison; (Community Research Team Member) - linamartin@wisc.edu
  • Ryan Dial, MCLS, MLS (ASCP)^cm; Program Manager for American Indian Health; University of North Carolina School of Medicine; (Community Research Team Member) - ryandial@unc.edu, ryan_dial@med.unc.edu
  • Tanisha Yazzie; Financial Aid Counselor & Scholarship Coordinator; University of San Diego; (Community Research Team Member) – tanishayazzie1@gmail.com
  • Vanessa Borum; Director of Financial Assistance Coaching & Tools for Success (FACTS); University of Albany; (Community Research Team Member) – vborum@albany.edu
  • Abbey Woldt; Student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; (Community Research Team Member) – alwoldt@wisc.edu
  • Sanoe Rapozo; Student at Duke University; (Community Research Team Member) – sanoe.rapozo@duke.edu
  • Mikala Chee; Student at Fort Lewis College; (Community Research Team Member) – mmchee@fortlewis.edu
  • Ryan Si’al; Student at Tohono O’odham Community College; (Community Research Team Member) – ryan.moreno1@tocc.edu, rangelmoreno1205@gmail.com
  • Savannah Swamp; Student at the University of Albany; (Community Research Team Member) – sswamp@albany.edu
More Information

For Our Futures: The National Native College Student Mental Health Study Project Lead: Anna Fetter, PhD

Project overview

For our Futures is a national, community-partnered study supported by the Spencer Foundation. For our Futures examines mental health and well-being among Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian undergraduate students in the United States. Informed by the Indigenist Stress-Coping Model and co-developed with our Community Research Teams, the study assesses culturally specific stressors (e.g., microaggressions, discrimination, historical loss, racial misclassification) alongside culturally grounded protective and promotive factors (e.g., cultural connectedness, belonging, social support). Findings aim to inform culturally responsive campus supports and improve holistic understandings of Indigenous students’ experiences.