Distinguished Alumni
2025
Evan White, Ph.D., is the principle investigator, director of native american research and director of EEG core at Laureate Institute for Brain Research. He received his doctoral degree from Oklahoma State University in 2019 and a member of the Absentee Shawnee Nation in Oklahoma.
Ashleigh Coser, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist at Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health. She received her doctoral degree from Oklahoma State University in 2018 and is a member of the Creek/ Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma.
2024
Chebon Porter, Ph.D., is the chief psychologist for the Mental Health Services Line within the Birmingham VA medical Center. He received his doctoral degree from Oklahoma State University in 1999 and is a member of the Muscogee Nation in Oklahoma.
2023
Tamara Newcomb, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist for Strength of Mind Behavioral Health. She received her doctoral degree from Oklahoma State University in 2008 and is a member of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.
2022
Shilo Shaw Tippett, Ph.D., is a OHSU Assistant Professor & Behavioral Health Consultant within the St. Charles Health System, Madras Family Care. She received her doctoral degree from Oklahoma State University in 2006 and is a member of the Wasco/ Tlingit Nation of Oklahoma.
2020
BJ Boyd, Ph.D., is the senior psychologist for the Chickasaw Nation. He received his doctoral degree from Oklahoma State University in 2003 and is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
2019
Megan Ballew, Ph.D., is the Director of Behavioral Health at the Lummi Nation Behavioral Health Division. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology at Oklahoma State University in 2005.
2018
Chris Fore, Ph.D., is founder and director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) TeleBehavioral Health Center of Excellence (TBHCE). He was born and raised in Oklahoma, and is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he received his bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1991. He received his doctorate in child clinical psychology at Oklahoma State University in 1997.
