Jamie Yellowtail is a 3rd year PhD Candidate from Wyola, MT. A first generation college student, she received her B.A. in International Studies- Global Economic Systems and B.S. in Psychology from the University of Wyoming. She obtained her M.S. in Psychology from the University of Oregon in 2020 under the guidance of Dr. Gerard Saucier. Her research interests broadly include intergroup processes, understanding bias and discrimination towards Native people. Specifically, her work aims to understand societal attitudes and beliefs that exacerbate sexual violence towards Native women. Future work will focus on the development of theory based interventions to reduce sexual violence and non-Native violence perpetration. In her free time, she enjoys working out, anything outdoors, traveling to new places, and spending time with her pup, Little Bill.
Contact Jamie: jyellowt@umich.edu