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J DENA NED

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Professor (Lecturer)

College of Social Work

  • Professor (Lecturer)
    College of Social Work
  • 8015818902 (Work)
  • University of Utah, College of Social Work, 395 South 1500 East, SW101, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    community outreach & marketing of the Indigenous Social Work Scholars Program
    1 Jan 2026 - 19 Dec 2025
    Tabling for ISWS at university events: U of U Pow Wow, Huntsman Center; U of U Native Winter Arts Market, Union Building
  • HONOR/AWARD
    2025 University of Utah Native Excellence Award (opens in a new tab)⁠
    27 Jun 2025
    Center for Native Excellence & Tribal Engagement, University of Utah
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Campus visit with PITU students (opens in a new tab)⁠
    25 Jun 2025 - 25 Jun 2025
    welcome & introduction to campus, social work, and the Indigenous Social Work Scholars Program
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Cobell Scholarship
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 May 2025
    2025-2026 Cobell Scholarship Graduate Review
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    State Indian Child Welfare Conference
    1 Dec 2023 - 1 Dec 2023
    In partnership with the Indian Section of the Utah Bar.
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Safety in our Native Community: Restoring Ancestral Winds Annual Conference
    2 Nov 2023 - 2 Nov 2023
    At SJ Quinney College of Law-- provided welcome & land acknowledgment, introduction of morning presentations, and provided an afternoon presentation Sharing ways of knowing: How safety will mean many things
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives Community Gathering
    1 Sep 2022 - 8 Oct 2022
    In partnership with Restoring Ancestral Winds and the Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Rekindling Harmony and Balance: Indigenous Healing from Trauma RAW Annual Conference
    1 Sep 2022 - 4 Nov 2022
    In partnership with Restoring Ancestral Winds, American Indian Resource Center, and the Utah Division of Indian Affairs
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Council on Social Work Education
    1 Jun 2021
    Center for Diversity and Social & Economic Justice Advisory Committee
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Council on Social Work Education
    1 Oct 2020
    Advance Anti-Racism in Social Work Education Task Force
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Restoring Ancestral Winds
    1 May 2020 - 30 Jun 2025
    Board of Directors
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Restoring Ancestral Winds
    1 May 2020 - 30 Jun 2025
    Board of Directors
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Warrior Women planning committee
    1 Aug 2019 - 1 Aug 2019
    As part of the University's Women's Week events for March 2020, working in collaboration with UEN, the Union Programming Council, American Indian Resource Center, the Office for Equity and Diversity, Colleges of Law and Social Work, as well as community partners and state agencies, to host Madonna Thunder Hawk and (TBA) keynote speaker on Indigenous Womxn activism and leadership
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    ICWA Committee for the Utah State Bar Indian Law Sectio
    1 Feb 2019 - 1 Feb 2019
    This is an interdisciplinary group of university, state, tribal, and community partners; the purpose of the Section is to provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas in the franchise field through high quality CLE events, social and professional interaction and networking opportunities, ongoing monitoring of legal and political issues relevant to the Indian field, and other services as may be beneficial to the Section members, the legal profession and the public.
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    90.9 KRCL
    1 Apr 2016
    Community Advisory Board
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    90.9 KRCL
    1 Apr 2016
    Community Advisory Board
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Council on Social Work Education
    1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2018
    Council on Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Crown Products Global Scholarship
    1 May 2012
    Global Awareness Society International
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Academy Health
    1 Jun 2011 - 1 Jun 2014
    Aetna Foundation Minority Scholars Program Advisory Committee
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Council on Social Work Education
    1 Jul 2010 - 1 Jun 2015
    Council on Practice Methods and Specialization
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Minority Scholar
    1 May 2010
    AcademyHealth/Aetna Foundation
  • HONOR/AWARD
    William McPhee Scholarship
    1 Sep 2009
    College of Social Work
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Research Fellowship, Center for American Indian Health
    1 Jun 2007
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Urban Indian Health Institute
    1 Oct 2006 - 1 Jul 2013
    National American Indian Maternal and Child Health Advisory Council
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Outstanding Service Recognition Award
    1 Jun 2006
    Indian Health Service