INPSYDE

08/14/2025

Big congrats to Kylene for successfully defending her Master's thesis - great job Kylene - Lila Waste!

06/02/2025

HUGE congrats to Elleh and Nerissa for receiving the APA Division 45 Joseph Trimble student award for Public Service for their courageous and selfless efforts during UND's repatriation saga. These two helped with ceremonies and other cultural protocols, searching for and moving ancestors (knowing full well they might be remains from their own tribes' histories - which they were), and then taking care of other UND Native students by holding talking circles and other support for over a year. Elleh and Nerissa, your families, friends and ancestors sing to honor you.

02/21/2025

Huge congratulations to BOTH Nerissa and Elleh for passing their doctoral comps!😃

06/13/2024

Congrats to Elleh Driscoll for successfully defending her thesis, which looked at tele-therapy usage with Native clients during the pandemic. Great work Elleh!

05/09/2024

Congrats to Nerissa Dolney for successfully defending her thesis today!

02/27/2024

Special congrats to Dr. Victoria Williams for passing the EPPP WHILE super-pregnant - we knew as a former UND Hockey player you were tough Tori, but geez!!😃

02/21/2024

Please see below for details about an Indigenous telehealth survey! Please forward to anyone you think may be interested in participating!

Hello, my name is Elleh Driscoll, and I am from the Meskwaki Nation in Iowa. I am a third-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology PhD program & INSPSYDE program at the University of North Dakota. Being a graduate student includes doing a Master’s thesis, and I am reaching out to ask for participants for my research. I am reaching out today to invite you to participate in this anonymous survey, as your perspective is welcomed and valued.

Eligibility for participation includes current mental or behavioral health clinicians, those over the age of 18, those who live and work in the United States, and past or current experience with North American Indigenous clients. Anyone who does not meet these requirements will not be eligible to participate.

The goal of this research is to gather vital information of barriers faced during and after the pandemic for clinicians providing tele-mental health, and to tell a story of resilience for North American Indigenous communities who may have created significant innovations to provide accessible care for community members in need of mental health treatment. With the data collected, I hope to capture the current picture of tele-mental health use in North American Indigenous communities and predict the future willingness of clinicians providing tele-mental health to better inform future Indigenous psychologists and training programs.

If you agree to participate in this study, you will be asked to take an anonymous online survey with questions related to past and current experiences with tele-mental health.

There is an additional anonymous link at the end of the survey for the chance to win a gift card!

Data collection is set to wrap up soon, so thank you for your time!

If you have any questions, please email me at elleh.driscoll@und.edu!

Survey link if you would like to participate: https://und.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8GQPCn4y95nDfy6

Ketabi,
thank you and blessings to you and your family,
Elleh Driscoll

11/21/2023

Hanta Yo - Clear the way for Dr. Todd Phelps! Todd successfully defended his dissertation and will graduate in a few weeks with his Ph.D. The INPSYDE Oyate salutes you tahansi!

10/16/2023

Huge honors and congrats to Dr. Lynn Martell for passing the EPPP!

04/19/2023

https://blogs.und.edu/und-today/2023/04/celebrating-100-years-of-und-psychology/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=April+18%2C+2023+issue

Students and staff from past and present celebrated at UND Psychology Department's 100th anniversary or PsyCentennial event

04/14/2023

Boozhoo Niiji + Hua Kolas - I wanted to let everyone know we will be planning an INPSYDE reunion sometime early summer. THIS time, I will personally be in charge of advertising and notifying everyone. Anybody interested in being on a planning committee for an INPSYDE reunion, please speak up. I would rather have a place/situation that lasts longer and can accommodate families anyway.

04/11/2023

Pictures! Anyone who'd like to contribute pictures to be shown from the "Good Ol' Days" during the reunion this weekend, please upload to this page or send right to me on my email: justin.mcdonald@und.edu. Our Open House will coincide with that of the Clinical Program in the lower level of Columbia Hall (The Old Med school for you Old Timers!) at 1PM - 4PM. Please join us!😃