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Podcasts
Murphy, A. (Host). 2026, January 29). The Menu: Federal food guidelines, seals and treaty rights, and buffalo for city dwellers. In Native American Calling. Featured Guest Tara Maudrie Discussing the Federal Dietary Guidelines.
Haldeman, L. (2025, February). JNEB Featured Article Podcast–February 2025. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
Trujillo, M. (Host). (2024, May 30). Interview with Tara Maudrie. In Tribal Health the Podcast.
Gardner, A. (Host). (2024, April 10). Food Security and Food Sovereignty The Difference Between Surviving and Thriving with Tara Maudrie and Dr. Gary Ferguson (Season 4, Episode 4). [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Health Promotion Practice.
Maudrie, T.L. (Host). (2023, November 22). Exploring the History of Kalo and Bringing it the Continent with Leialoha Ka‘ula, Jonathan Cruz, and Tara Maudrie. [Audio Podcast Episode]. (Season 3, Episode 47). [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Health Promotion Practice.
Nguyen, C.J. (Host). (2023, November 6). Exploring Relationality in Food Sovereignty with Tara Maudrie and Dr. Cassandra Nguyen (Season 3, Episode 45). [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Health Promotion Practice.
Stern, S., Trujillo, O., and Neuner, S. (Hosts). (2021, November 23) Food is more than survival: Connecting to Land with Tara Maudrie. [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Indigenae.
Lectures and Videos
Dr. Tara Maudrie invited us into a powerful reframing of food as kinship, responsibility, and living knowledge. Centering Indigenous foodways as the original and enduring sustainable food systems of North America, she traced how settler colonialism deliberately disrupted these relational systems through land theft, environmental harm, and the weaponization of food, while emphasizing that this history contextualizes Indigenous resurgence.
Dr. Tara Maudrie, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan and Dr. Donald Warne, Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health discuss how to develop community engaged nutrition programs in Tribal communities across the country.
Defining and Conceptualizing Nourishment through Indigenous Worldviews. Dr. Tara Maudrie.
Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Diabetes Translation Research. Cultivating Cultural Connection to Food: Strengths-Based Mixed Methods Research to Inform Approaches to Eating and Nutrition Measurement in Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Communities. Dr. Tara Maudrie.
Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute: JAM Session. Panel presentation with Kerry Hawk Lessard of Native American Lifelines. Dr. Tara Maudrie.
Publications
Mucioki, M., Maudrie, T.L., Beans, J.A., Fried, R., Hawk Lessard, K., Scachs, M., Hall, M., & Attarian, P. (2026). Building community around food in urban spaces: considering connecting and (re)connecting to Indigenous foods in the city. Current Developments in Nutrition.
Maudrie, T.L., Gillson, S., Anderson, O., Walls, M.L., Steinberg, R., Williams, S., & Hautala, D. (2026). Cultural Food Practices and Their Potential Role in Mitigating Disordered Eating Among American Indian/First Nations Youth. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Walls, M.L., Brown, D.L., O’Keefe, V.M., White, E.J., Gonzalez, M., Blackmore, I., Maudrie, T.L., Richardson, M., Werwie, T.R., Tai Rakena, H.G., Medley, A., Desjardins, M., Sevillano, L., Wilson, G., & Lewis, M. (2026). A systematic review of measurement approaches for assessing Indigenous culture. Prevention Science.
Maudrie, T.L., Hautala, D., Caulfield, L.E., McPherson, J.M., Moore, L.R., Dickerson, J., Vital, J., LaFloe, B., Norris, A., Hawk Lessard, K., Stately, A., Blue Bird Jernigan, V., Walls, M.L., & O’Keefe, V.M. (2026). What Nourishes Us: Psychometric Validation of Culturally Grounded Measures of Indigenous Nourishment in a Cross-Sectional Study of 2 Urban Native Communities. Public Health Nutrition, 29(1) 1-28.
Maudrie, T.L., Burdsall, J., & Rosas, L. (2026). Innovations in Food is Medicine Through Centering Cultural Connections and Local Food Systems. Invited Commentary on the MUTTON-HF Pilot Trial. JAMA Open Network, 9;(2):e2556110.
Jernigan, V.B.B., Taniguchi, T., Clyma, K.R., Gabriel, K., Reese, J.A., Zhang, Y., Sisson, S.B., Maudrie, T.L., & Hayman, J. (2025). Design and Methods of a Community Supported Agriculture Program with Native American Families: The Go Healthy Study. AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology.
Maudrie, T.L., Nguyen, C.J., Hautala, D., Conrad, M., Jernigan, V.B.B., Lessard, K.H., Dickerson, J., O’Keefe, V.M., & Gittelsohn, J. (2025). Exploring Definitions, Correlates, and Solutions to Food Insecurity during COVID-19: A mixed methods CBPR study with the Baltimore Native Community. American Indian Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 32(3) e70-e98.
Jernigan, V. B. B., Maudrie, T. L., & Lopez, S. V. (2025). Stagnating Life Expectancy Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: Understanding the Drivers and Recommendations for Research, Policy, and Practice. Annual review of public health, 46, 193-211.
Jernigan, V.B.B., & Maudrie, T.L. (2025). Decolonizing Public Health Frameworks: Why Achieving Health Equity for Indigenous Peoples Requires Indigenizing the Social Determinants of Health. American Journal of Public Health, 115(5), 643-645.
O’Keefe, V.M., Maudrie, T.L., Grubin, F., Gonzalez, M.B., Ullrich, J.S., Crouch, M., White, E., Desjardins, M.M., Martin, L., Lewis, M., HorseChief, M., Fernandez, A., Keryte, A.P., & Walls, M.L. (2025). “Someday, I’ll be an ancestor:” Understanding Indigenous Intergenerational Connectedness through Qualitative Research to Inform Measure Development. American Journal of Community Psychology, 76 (1-2), 110-120.
Jock, B.W., Haroz, E.E., Chamoun, L., Maudrie, T.L., Redmond, L.C., & Gittelsohn, J. (2025). How do we sustain promising programs (in Native America)? Refining constructs impacting the sustainability of multi-level, multi-component obesity interventions. Current Developments in Nutrition.
Maudrie, T.L., Caulfield, L.E., Nguyen, C.J., Walls, M.L., Haroz, E.E., Moore, L.R., Dionne-Thunder, R.G., Vital, J., LaFloe, B., Norris, A., Dionne, V., Pain on Hip, V., Hawk Lessard, K., Stately, A.L., Blue Bird Jernigan, V., & O’Keefe, V.M. (2024). Community-Engaged Development of Strengths-Based Nutrition Measures: The Indigenous Nourishment Scales. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(11), 1496.
Maudrie, T.L., Nguyen, C.J., Lopez, S.V., Clyma, K.R., Gabriel, K., Hayman, J., Hudgins, A., & Jernigan, V.B.B. (2024). Community-Engaged Development of a Nutrition Curriculum: The “Go Healthy” Indigenous Supported Agriculture Study. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
Keshen, R., Riggs, C., Vaidya, N., Maudrie, T.L., Johnson, M., Stately, A., Apencha, F., Mehta, A., & Siebach, K. (2024). Evaluation of an Indigenous Produce Box Program: Food Access and Nutrition in an Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Community. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 35(4), 218-225.
Fetter, A.K., Maudrie, T.L., Chiwiwi, C., Contreras, L., Kjerland, T.M., Hesson, D., & Gone, J.P. (2024). Diagnosable mental disorders among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States: A scoping review.Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Advance online publication.
Maudrie, T.L., Clyma, K.R., Nguyen, C.J., O’Keefe, V.M., Reinhardt, M., Segrest, V., Lewis, M.E., Stanger-McLaughlin, T., Redvers, N., Young, P., Flanagan, H., Hare-RedCorn, E.L., Dubray, E.M., Norris, A., Bray, K.E. & Jernigan, V.B.B. (2024). “It Matters Who Defines It”—Defining Nutrition through American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Worldviews. Current Developments in Nutrition.
O’Keefe, V.M., Grubin, F., Vaidya, N., Maudrie, T.L., Conrad, M., Neuner, S., Jridi, S., Cook, M.A., Carson, K.A., Barlow, A., & Haroz, E.E. (2024). Pilot evaluation of a Psychological First Aid online training for COVID-19 frontline workers in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1346682.
Edinoff, A.N., Maudrie, T.L., Chiwiwi, C., Kjerland, T.M., Contreras, L., Gone, J.P. (2024). A complex psychosocial portrait of substance use disorders among Indigenous people in the United States: a scoping review. The American Journal on Addictions, 33, 503-515.
Maudrie, T.L., Grubin, F., Conrad, M., Velasquez Baez, J., Saniguq Ullrich, J., Allison-Burbank, J., Martin, L., Austin, C., Joyner, J., Ronyak, M., Masten, K., Ingalls, A., Haroz, E.E., & O'Keefe, V.M. (2024). Honoring our teachings: Children's storybooks as Indigenous public health practice. Frontiers in Public Health, 12:1354761.
Maudrie, T.L., Nguyen, C.J., Wilbur, R., Mucioki, M., Ferguson, G., Clyma, K., Jernigan, V.B.B. (2023). Food Security and Food Sovereignty—The Difference between Surviving and Thriving. Health Promotion and Practice, 24(6), 1075-1079.
O’Keefe, V.M., Maudrie, T.L., Cole, A.B., Ullrich, J.S., Fish, J., Hill, K.X., White, L.A., Redvers, N., Jernigan, V.B.B., Lewis, J.P., West, A.E., Aqpik Apok, C., White, E.J., Ivanich, J.D., Schultz, K., Lewis, M.E., Sarche, M.C., Gonzalez, M.B., Parker, M., Neuner Weinstein, S.E., McCray, C.J., Warne, D., Black, J.C., Richards, J.R.R., & Walls, M.L. (2023). Conceptualizing Indigenous Strengths-Based Health and Wellness Research using Group Concept Mapping. Archives of Public Health, 81(1), 71.
Jernigan, V.B.B., Nguyen, C.J., Maudrie, T.L., Demientieff, L., Black, J., Mortenson, R., Wilbur, R., Clyma, K., Lewis, M., & Lopez, S. (2023). Food sovereignty and health: a conceptual framework to advance research and practice. Health Promotion and Practice, 24(6), 1070-1074.
Jernigan, V.B.B., Taniguchi, T., Nguyen, C.J., London, S.M., Henderson, A., Maudrie, T.L., Blair, S., & Jacob, T. (2023). Food Systems, Food Sovereignty, and Health: Symposium Shares Linkages to Support Indigenous Community Health. Health Promotion and Practice, 24(6), 1109–1116.
Nguyen, C. J., Wilbur, R., Henderson, A., Sowerwine, J., Mucioki, M., Sarna, D., Ferguson, G., Maudrie, T.L., Moore-Wilson, H., Wark, K., & Jernigan, V.B.B. (2023). Framing an Indigenous Food Sovereignty Research Agenda. Health Promotion and Practice, 24(6), 1117-1123.
Nguyen, C.J., French, B.F., Maudrie, T.L., Ferguson, G.L., Jernigan, V.B.B., & Sinclair, K.A. (2023). Measuring food security among American Indian and Alaska Native adults: Validity evidence supports the use of the USDA module. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 123(10), S76-S88.
Maudrie, T.L., Nguyen, C.J., Jernigan, V.B.B., Lessard, K.H., Richardson, D., Gittelsohn, J., & O’Keefe, V.M. (2022). Impacts of COVID-19 on a Food Security Study with the Baltimore Native Community. American Indian and Alaska native mental health research (Online), 29(2), 8.
Maudrie, T.L., Aulandez, K.M., O'Keefe, V.M., ^Whitfield, F.R., Walls, M.L., & Hautala, D.S. (2022). Food Stress and Diabetes Related Psychosocial Outcomes in American Indian Communities: A Mixed Methods Approach. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 54(12), 1051-1065.
Blue Bird Jernigan, V., Maudrie, T.L., Nikolaus, C.J., Benally, T., Johnson, S., Teague, T., Mayes, M., Jacob, T., & Taniguchi, T. (2021). Food Sovereignty Indicators for Indigenous Community Capacity Building and Health. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5.
Jock, B.W I., Maudrie, T.L., Fleischhacker, S., Porter, K.P., & Gittelsohn, J. (2022). Journey to Promoting Structural Change for Chronic Disease Prevention: Examining the Processes for Developing Policy, Systems, and Environmental Supports in Native American Nations.
Grubin, F., Maudrie, T.L., Neuner, S. Conrad, M., Waugh, E., Barlow, A., Coser, A., Hill, K., Pioche, S., Haroz, E.E., & O’Keefe, V.M. (2022). Development and Cultural Adaptation of Psychological First Aid for COVID-19 Frontline Workers in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities. Journal of Prevention, 43, 697–717
O’Keefe, V.M., Fish, J., Maudrie, T.L., Hunter, A.M., Tai Rakena, H.G., Ullrich, J.S., Clifford, C., Crawford, A., Brockie, T., Walls, M.L., Haroz, E.E., Cwik, M., Whitesell, N.R., & Barlow, A. (2022). Centering Indigenous Knowledges and Worldviews: Applying the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to Youth Mental Health and Wellness Research and Programs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 6271.
Nikolaus, C. J., Johnson, S., Benally, T., Maudrie, T.L., Henderson, A., Nelson, K., Lane, T., Segrest, V., Ferguson, G., Buchwald, D., Jernigan, V.B.B., & Sinclair, K. (2022). Food Insecurity Among American Indian and Alaska Native People: A Scoping Review to Inform Future Research and Policy Needs. Advances in Nutrition, 13(5), 1566-1583.
Jernigan, V. B. B., Taniguchi, T., Haslam, A., Williams, M. B., Maudrie, T. L., Nikolaus, C. J., Wetherill, M.S., Jacob, T., Love, C.V., & Sisson, S. (2022). Design and Methods of a Participatory Healthy Eating Intervention for Indigenous Children: The FRESH Study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 79008.
Maudrie, T. L., Hawk-Lessard, K., Dickerson, J., Aulandez, K. M.W., Barlow, A., O’Keefe, V. (2021). Our collective needs and strengths: Urban AI/ANs and the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers Sociology: Race and Ethnicity, 6, 611775.
Maudrie, T.L., Colón-Ramos, U., Harper, K., Jock, B., & Gittelsohn, J. (2021). A systematic review of the use of Indigenous food sovereignty principles for intervention and future directions. Current Developments in Nutrition, 5(7).
O’Keefe, V. M., Maudrie, T. L., Ingalls, A., Kee, C., Masten, K. L., Barlow, A., & Haroz, E. (2021). Development and Dissemination of a Strengths-Based Indigenous Children’s Storybook: “Our Smallest Warriors, Our Strongest Medicine: Overcoming COVID-19”. Frontiers Sociology: Race and Ethnicity, 6, 611356.
Estrade, M., Yan, S., Trude, A.C.B., Fleishhacker, S., Hinman, S., Maudrie, T. L., Jock, B.W., Redmond, L., Pardilla, M., Gittelsohn, J. (2021) Individual- and household-level factors associated with fruit, vegetable, and dietary fiber adequacy among Native American adults in 6 reservation communities. Preventive Medicine Reports, 24, 101414.
Aulandez, K. M.W., Walls, M. L., Weiss, N., Sittner, K., Gillson, S., Tennessen, E., Maudrie, T. L., Leppi, A., Rothwell, E., Bolton-Steiner, A., & Gonzalez, M. B. (2021). Cultural Sources of Strength and Resilience: A Case Study of Holistic Wellness Boxes for COVID-19 Response in Indigenous Communities. Frontiers Sociology: Race and Ethnicity, 6, 612637.
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