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Cary Waubanascum, MSW, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Green Bay, WI, United States

Dr. Cary Waubanascum Hawpetoss is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Wakeny^ta (Turtle Clan), with ancestral roots in the Menominee, Forest County Potawatomi, and Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican nations. Her 18-year career as a social work scholar, educator, technical assistance provider, and practitioner has focused on Indigenous family wellbeing in tribal nations across Turtle Island. Dr. Waubanascum earned her master's in social work from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in 2008 and her PhD in social work from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities in Mni Sota Makoce in 2021. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay School of Social Work, Native Children’s Research Exchange Scholar, Center for Ethics for Indigenous Genomics Research co-investigator, and 2023 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow. Relevant expertise includes examining child welfare from a decolonial lens to uncover historic and systemic contributors to child welfare disparities, reclaiming Indigenous knowledge and lifeways in social work and child welfare practice, teaching and mentoring child welfare practitioners, examining the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Science from a decolonial lens, and developing tribal research and data sovereignty protections.

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