Laurie A. Walker, MSW, PhD is an Associate Professor (Tenured) in the School of Social Work at the University of Montana (UM). Laurie teaches undergraduate and graduate social work courses focused on small group leadership, community and global social work, policy, research, and program evaluation. Her current research focuses on the overincarceration of Native American women; over-disciplining of students who have a disability and/or are Black, Indigenous and People of Color in public primary and secondary schools; and re-storying United States narratives with Indigenous contextual understandings of history.