Venida Chenault
Office: Parker Hall
Phone: ext-494
vchenault@haskell.edu
Education
Candidate Doctoral student, University of Kansas, Social Welfare
MSW 1990, University of Kansas, Social Welfare
BSW 1986, University of Kansas, Social Welfare
Awards and Fellowships
2003 Fellow - Kellogg Minority Serving Institutions Leadership Program - American Indian Higher Education Consortium
2000-01 Liane Davis Scholarship Recipient
Professional Experience
2003 Acting Director of Institute for Distance Education, Haskell Indian Nations University - Summer appointment
1991 - Faculty, American Indian Studies and Social Sciences, Haskell Indian Nations University
1996 - 1999 Interim Director of American Indian Studies, Haskell Indian Nations University
1997 Acting Associate Dean of Instruction, Haskell Indian Nations University
Grants Authored
2003 Endowment Planning Grant. US Department of Agriculture, $119,500.
2003 Principal Investigator, “Broadening our Understanding of Violence Against Women From Diverse Communities.” National Institute for Justice.
2003 Principal Investigator, “Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violence Behavior Among College Students.” US Department of Education.
1998 “American Indian Youth Development.” US Department of Agriculture, $70,000.
1996 “AIHEC Telecommunications Grant for Distance Education.”. American Indian Higher Education Consortium, $25,000.
1996 “American Indian Youth Development.” US Department of Agriculture, $65,000.
1995 “Pedagogical Reform: The role of American Indian Studies.” Fund for Post Secondary Education.
1995 “Native American Higher Education Initiative.” W.K. Kellogg
Publications
Journal articles
Chenault, V. (2001). “American Indian studies program at Haskell Indian Nations University.” Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, 2(1), 77-86.
Chenault, V. (2000). “Indigenous gaming: economic resources for social policy development in First Nations country.” Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, 1(2), 95-110.
Yellow Bird, M. & Chenault, V. (1999). “The role of social work in advancing the practice of Indigenous education: obstacles and promises in empowerment-oriented social work practice.” Next steps: research and practice to advance Indan education.
Book review
Chenault, V. (2003). Esther Ross: Stillaguamish Champion [Review of the book].
Conference Presentations
Chenault, V. (2003). Violence and abuse against Indigenous women. Keynote address. Minnesota Native American Mental Health Counselor’s Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Chenault, V. (2003). Culturally based models for ending violence and abuse against Indigenous women. San Diego, California.
Chenault, V., Wildcat, D., & Pewewardy, C. (2002). Finding models for decolonization and Indigenization in education: education processes in action. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
