Meet Dr. Ramona Beltrán

Ramona Beltran

Ramona Beltrán, MSW, PhD

Associate Professor
Graduate School of Social Work

Associate professor. Dancer. Academic Director. Producer. Mother. An award-winning public intellectual with global initiatives in historical trauma and healing and storytelling methodologies that have been cited by researchers and practitioners alike.  

In her 20 years of professional experience, spanning the United States to New Zealand, she has worked alongside institutions, Indigenous, and Latinx communities, spotlighting solutions that are present in our creative and cultural-driven modalities. Her contributions have been invited by distinguished institutions including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House Office of the Vice President, and Harvard University as well as prominent cultural institutions including the Denver Art Museum, History Colorado, and the Latino Cultural Arts Center. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Mental Health, the National Libraries of Medicine and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. 

Dr. Beltran is a fiercely loving mother of three and is a multiracial Chicana of Indigenous descent. She acknowledges that all the earth has an Indigenous name, and a community meant to steward it. 

 

We still have our traditions. We can still maintain these traditions to heal, to grow, to thrive, to pass them on to future generations. 

Dr. Ramona Beltrán

Projects & Publications

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OSOMA: Our Stories Our Medicine Archive

Dr. Beltrán is the Principal Investigator for The Our Stories, Our Medicine Archive Project.

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Response(ART)ability and Leadership in Times of Continued Injustice

Dr. Beltrán was a panelist for this special event hosted by the Latino Cultural Arts Center.

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Healing Historical Trauma

Community-based archive focuses on Indigenous knowledge to reduce health impacts of historical trauma.

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The Source of the Wound

GSSW Prof. Ramona Beltrán explores historical trauma and healing in award-winning animated short film.

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Air Quality Investigation and Research for Equity (AIRE)

Dr. Ramona Beltrán will be co-leading the community assessment of the bio-psycho-social impacts of the Suncor Refinery on neighboring communities.

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The Modern West

Dr. Ramona Beltrán was recently featured on The Modern West Podcast, "Existence As Protest: Mending the Hoop Part 8" episode.

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Embodied Podcast

Dr. Ramona Beltrán was recently featured on the Embodied Podcast, "Inherited: Healing From Generational Trauma" episode.

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