Jeneile Luebke

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Biographical Abstracts

Jeneile Luebke is a registered nurse and assistant professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Wisconsin. She holds an affiliate appointment for the American Indian Studies Program and is a core faculty member of the campus Sexual Violence Research Initiative. She is an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. She is a member of Wisconsin’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force. She received her B.S. and M.S. in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Luebke’s research aims to better understand the lived experiences of gender-based violence through storytelling, as well as advocating for survivor-led, trauma-informed, and culturally safe screening methods and interventions for Indigenous survivors of violence using Indigenous-specific and community-engaged research methodologies. Her other current work focuses on the relationship between land violence, planetary health, and gender-based violence among Indigenous peoples. In 2024, she was nominated for several awards for her commitment to research and service excellence, including an Outstanding Women of Color Award and Outstanding Badger Alumni award.

Areas of Expertise

• Women's health
• Indigenous-specific research methodologies
• Gender based violence
• Community health
• Mental health