Tara Maudrie

assistant professor of Social Work

Headshot, Person with long wavy brown hair wearing a black blazer, white top, and a tan necklace with a floral design, against a geometric black and gray background.Tara Maudrie, PhD, MSPH, is an enrolled citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Snapping Turtle Clan) and a health researcher specializing in Indigenous food systems, nutrition, and health. She has worked with urban and Tribal communities across the U.S., collaborating on culturally grounded approaches to nourishment, well-being, and food sovereignty. Her work is deeply informed by her family’s history of commercial treaty fishing, and she continues these food sovereignty traditions through her own hunting, fishing, and foraging practices.