Degree Received
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2001

Research Interests
My training and research interests have centered on substance abuse problems and recovery with an emphasis on Native Americans. My work has involved testing the cross-cultural applicability of addiction models developed with predominantly Anglo male samples. My grants focus on improving substance abuse treatment for Native Americans by two routes: collecting success stories of recovery and adapting efficacious substance abuse treatment in partnership with Native Americans. A manual to guide the practice of motivational interviewing with Native clients will be completed by January of 2006 and available to counselors and researchers from the CASAA website (www.casaa.unm.edu). My next projects will involve collecting a control group of Native Americans still struggling with alcohol dependence and conducting a controlled clinical trial for Native Americans with substance dependence.