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| EDUCATION |
| Postdoc |
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| Internship |
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| PhD
2005 |
Psychology, The University of Montana--Missoula
DISSERTATION: Why change now? Motivational Interviewing as a brief intervention for Type-2 diabetes among the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho |
MA
1999 |
Psychology, The University of Montana--Missoula
THESIS: The effect of fatalistic thinking on lifestyle choices: Type-2 diabetes in Northern Plains Indian Tribes of the United States |
| February 1991 |
Certified community lead professional, Wyoming Perinatal Substance Abuse Prevention Program, University of Wyoming School of Nursing. |
| October 1991 |
Chemical Addiction Specialist, Level 1 State of Wyoming Association of Chemical Addiction Specialists |
BS
1990 |
Psychology, The University of Wyoming |
| HONORS AND AWARDS |
| National Institute of Health, Dissertation Fellowship |
| Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), Doctoral Scholar Fellowship |
| Teaching Award, Department of Psychology, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT |
| PRESENTATIONS |
| Calhoun, D. (2000, September & June). Type-2 diabetes in Plains Indians: Along with whiskey, rifles, and Jesus, where did this disease come from, what are its implications, and what does the future hold? Paper presented at the Public Health Nursing Conference, Albuquerque and Santa Fe Area Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, NM, September, 2000, and at the "Journey to Wellness" Conference, Regional Diabetes Conference, United South and Eastern Tribes, Nashville Area Indian Health Service, Nashville, TN, June, 2000. |
| Calhoun, D. (2000, March). Fatalistic thinking and Type-2 diabetes in Plains Indians; Why not fish, rope, and raft with the time I've got left? Paper presented at the Clinical Topics Colloquium, Department of Psychology, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT. |
| Calhoun, D. (2000, May). The Bighorn reserved water rights case: U. S. Supreme Court awards Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes 500,000 acre-feet of water. What happened to all that water? Paper presented at the School of Law, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT. |
| Calhoun, D. (1998, September). The thrifty gene hypothesis in Native American Tribes. Paper presented at Diabetes in Indian and Non-Indian Communities in the State of Montana, St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, MT. |
| Calhoun, D. (1997, April). Intervention: Prevention efforts start at community Level. A synopsis of a research article by Gittelson, et al., 1995. Intertribal Diabetes Education Association (I.D.E.A.) Newsletter. |
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