Dr. Melanie Nadeau, aka Dr. Mel, is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota.  She completed both her Master’s in Public Health in community health education with a concentration in health disparities and her PhD in social/behavioral epidemiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Dr. Nadeau is a community engaged scholar and has worked more than 18 years on various research and evaluation projects within the American Indian community. She has successfully engaged a multitude of tribal health stakeholders from across the nation and is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of Native communities.  Dr. Mel currently serves as Graduate Program Director and Assistant Professor for the Indigenous Health PhD program housed within the Department of Indigenous Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences.  Dr. Mel also serves on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Research Review Board, the American Public Health Association’s American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian board, and as program co-chair for the American Evaluation Association Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation Topical Interest Group. 

Resources from the episode

Dr. Melanie Nadeau’s University of North Dakota Directory Page including her biography, digital stories about my educational journey, contact information, curriculum vitae, websites, courses, research/areas of interest, publications/presentations and stories featuring her work in the media. 

Indigenous Evaluation Framework by Dr. Joan LaFrance and Richard Nichols.  American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). 2009.  Here is the link to the AIHEC website that includes a link to Document Collections and Document Libraries . 

A Framework for Evaluation. CDC. 1999. 

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