Writing

Journal Articles

Walker, G. D., Keshen, R., de la Sierra, V. Q., Coser, A., and O’Keefe, V. M. (2026). ᏂᎦᏯᎢᏐ ᎦᏚᎩ ᏂᏨᏁᏍᏗ: Co-Creating a Governance Process as Indigenous Self-Determination in Community-Based Mental Health Research. SSM - Mental Health, 10, 100693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2026.100693

Chan, P., Makram, A., Sierra, V. Q., Alvarez Madrazo, S., Assareh, N., Jayanth, N., & Cwik, M. (2026). Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression Among American Indian and Alaskan Native Adolescents in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research, 33(1), 14–40. https://doi.org/10.5820/aian.3301.2026.14

Bear Don’t Walk, O. J., McLester-Davis, L. W., Pete, D., Peter, D., Hernandez-Hernandez, K., Calac, A. J., de la Sierra, V. Q., Dhein, K., Henare, K., & Tsosie, K. S. (2026). Reclaiming Data, Restoring Health: The Indigenous Biomedical Data Science Renaissance. Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-biodatasci-092524-121351

Goklish, N., Haroz, E. E., Dayal, R. R., Sierra, V. Q., Adams, R., Larzelere, F., Rebman, P., & Taylor, J. L. (2026). Combining Machine Learning Models and Screening to Enhance Suicide Risk Identification. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 28, e82669. https://doi.org/10.2196/82669

de la Sierra, V. Q. (2026). A Guide to Constructing Indigenous Statistical Spaces for Prevention Research. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-026-01911-5

Sierra, V. Q. (2026). Predicting Suicidal Ideation among Native American High Schoolers in California. Archives of Suicide Research, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2025.2490154

Figueroa, C.A., Hernandez-Ramos, R., Boone, C.E., Gómez-Pathak, L., Yip, V., Luo, T., Sierra, V., Xu, J., Chakraborty, B., Darrow, S., & Aguilera, A. (2021). A Text Messaging Intervention for Coping With Social Distancing During COVID-19 (StayWell at Home): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(1), e23592. https://doi.org/10.2196/23592 [PDF]

Book Chapters

Mallon, G. P., Karnoski, R., Stabbe, O., Waller, L., & Sierra, V. (2021). Social Work Practice with Trans & Gender Expansive Youth in Child Welfare Systems. In J. Shelton & G. P. Mallon (Eds.), Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth (3rd Edition). Routledge. [PDF]

Opinion Editorials

Sierra, V. Q., & O’Keefe, V. (2025). A cultural safety-centric approach. CLOSLER, Johns Hopkins Medicine. https://closler.org/connecting-with-patients/a-cultural-safety-centric-approach

Cesspooch, A., Kewenvoyouma, A., Sanchez, P., & Sierra, V. (2020). Native Student Organizations Want to Un-Name Kroeber Hall, are Frustrated with Faculty Pushback. The Daily Californian. https://www.dailycal.org/2020/08/25/native-student-organizations-want-to-un-name-kroeber-hall-are-frustrated-with-faculty-pushback/ [PDF]