Hello! My name is Jesse Brisbois (MSc. Information Science) and I am joining the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation team as a research assistant for the Native Veterans Project. As a descendant of the Spokane Tribe of Indians, I am privileged to be working alongside a community that’s dedicated to supporting the health and wellness of Indigenous peoples.  
 

My Role Here

As a research assistant, I am partnering with the project group to develop deliverables that highlight the work and findings from Phase I and Phase II. I have been truly amazed by how quickly the project group has taken the data collected in Phase I and implemented them into tangible, community-driven results, and I am privileged to have the opportunity to help highlight this hard work. My research approach is rooted in Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Community-Based Participatory Research, with a focus on Indigenous health equity. Through my work, I employ research models that center meaningful community collaboration to develop holistic health interventions. Underscoring community involvement throughout the research process, I strive to support partnership between researcher and participant. As an incoming member of the team, I intend to utilize this approach through transparency and accountability.
 

My Research Background

I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Washington’s Information School, and have been involved in several research projects over the past four years. My current dissertation research centers on the intersections between environmental justice, Geographic Information Systems, and Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Engaging these frameworks, I am exploring how to leverage geospatial technologies to advance health interventions for Tribal communities that have been impacted by extractive industries, specifically uranium mining in Eastern Washington.  As a collaborator, I was recently involved in a case study that examined modalities for co-management relationships between Tribal Nations and Federal Land Management Agencies, highlighting the importance of land-based connections as an indicator of health and wellness in Tribal communities. Other research projects I have been a collaborator on have examined processes for Indigenizing information spaces in academia and the importance of Indigenous Knowledge Families in research.  I am very excited to be a part of this research team, and am eager to learn from everyone involved! Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you’d like to speak with me personally, or want to learn more about my research and/or my role in this project.

 

Contact

Personal Email: jesseangeline@gmail.com  

University of Washington Email: jb97@uw.edu  

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jessebrisbois Learn More About My Research  University of Washington iSchool: https://ischool.uw.edu/people/phd/profile/jb97  

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ResearchGate:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesse-Brisbois  Health Policy Research Scholars: https://healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/scholars/jesse-brisbois/