Dr. Morgan A. Torris-Hedlund is a nurse educator and Army Nurse Corps officer with over 15 years of experience whose research centers on Indigenous community health, culturally grounded pedagogy, and disaster preparedness. As Director of the Wy’east Nursing Pathway, he works in partnership with Indigenous scholars and community leaders to strengthen pathways into nursing, elevate Indigenous epistemologies, and cultivate educational environments grounded in cultural safety, relational accountability, and Native student success.

His clinical and operational background includes emergency and critical care nursing, wilderness medicine, and extensive experience in disaster response and austere care through both civilian and military service. Dr. Torris-Hedlund’s scholarship examines community-based disaster risk perception, Indigenous ways of knowing, and care delivery in resource-limited and high-threat environments, with particular attention to Native communities.