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LaVerne Xilegg Demientieff

Professor of Social Work at Department of Social Work, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Areas of expertise

  • - Individual, group, and community wellness
  • - Healing centered engagement
  • - Trauma-informed care
  • - Resilience

Major works

Brocious, H., Demientieff, L., Renfro, C., & George-Bettisworth, R. (2019). A Grow-Your-Own Approach in Social Work: Shaping Alaska's Workforce. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 24(1), 211-228.

Brocious, H., Demientieff, L. X., & Erisman, M. (2021). Thawing Out: Understanding Adjustment to Housing First Through an Ecological and Trauma-Informed Lens. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. DOI:10.1080/10911359.2020.1846652 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10911359.2020.1846652

Demientieff, L. & Frank, P. (2022). I Remember Who I Am: Deg Xit’an, Athabascan Perspectives on Wellness. In D. Danto & M. Zangeneh (Ed.), Indigenous Knowledge and Mental Health: A Global Perspective (1st ed.). Springer Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71346-1

About me

LaVerne Xilegg Demientieff, LMSW, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Social Work Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She has worked in the field of social work for over 20 years focused in the areas of wellness, healing centered engagement, trauma-informed care and resilience, specifically with Indigenous populations.