| Anthropology |
*Scott Craig Gerlach, Associate Professor of Anthropology, ffscg@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Regional Sustainability; Ecological Anthropology and Sustainability; Methods in Social Science Research; Cultural Resource Management; Introduction to Sustainability Science (undergraduate, new course); Agricultural Anthropology (graduate, new course). *These courses are the ones relevant to RAP only, and is not a complete list of courses taught. |
Research Interests
food systems research; Ethiopian; nutritional ecology; historical toxicology; human-livestock interactions; village supported farming. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Sustainability and Stewardship Alaska--an integrated social and ecological project that links research in the ecosystem and cultural sciences with undergraduate curriculum development. |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
continued research in traditional and alternative food systems analysis and in rural Alaska; sustainable community development in rural Alaska, with emphasis on village supported farming initiatives; continued work in ethnobotany and nutritional ecology and biochemistry. |
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| Anthropology |
Patty Gray, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, ffpag@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Economic Anthropology, Anthropological Field Methods, Anthropology of Religion, Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Introductory Social/Cultural Anthropology |
Research Interests
My geographical area is the Russian Far East (Chukotka), but I have also done research in the central Volga region of Russia, and I am developing a research project in Alaska. Main avenues of research: 1) social movements, esp. indigenous activism in the context of paternalism and/or political repression; 2) the impact on local communities of state agricultural management policies, esp. the reorganization of Russia's collective reindeer farms; 3) humanitarian aid / development projects and NGOs, and their relationship to concepts of "civil society." |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
My main interest is in the development of social theory without resorting to predictive modeling that fails to comprehend complex, unpredictable social behavior. I am also interested in exploring researchers' perceptions of the meaning of "resilience." |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Research that can evaluate the effectiveness of small, locally-driven development projects and challenge the model of the giant, donor-oriented, "success-story" driven project. |
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| Anthropology |
David Koester, Associate Professor of Anthropology, ffdck@uaf.edu
www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffdck/ |
Courses Taught
Individual, Society and Culture; Social Organization I; History of Anthropology; Structures of Anthropological Argument; Life History Research in Anthropology; Research Design and Professional Development Seminar |
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| Anthropology |
*Phyllis
Morrow, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Anthropology, ffpm@uaf.edu
www.uaf.edu/cla/dean.html |
Courses Taught
"Currently, no regular courses - graduate student supervision and committee membership only. In my 17 years as a faculty member, I taught such courses as Circumpolar Peoples and
Contemporary Issues, Yupik and Inupiaq Peoples, Native Cultures of
Alaska, Sociocultural Anthropology, Gender in Cross-Cultural
Perspective, Anthropology of Religion, Oral Traditions, Language and
Culture.
" |
Research Interests
My research has concerned cross-cultural and sociolinguistic aspects of Alaska Native and non-Native interactions in resource management meetings, courts of law, and other institutional and decision-making settings. I have worked primarily in Western Alaska. I have also studied relationships between oral traditions and sense of place and community, relevant to social and cultural dimensions of resilience and adaptation. |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
I am available to work with students on ethnographic field techniques that are generally applicable to projects in rural Alaskan communities, projects involving "TEK," and specific studies in the Central Yup'ik region. |
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| Anthropology |
*Peter
Schweitzer, Professor of Anthropology, Department Chair, ffpps@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Ethnography of Siberia; History of Anthropological Theory; Political Anthropology; Kinship and Social Organization; Northern Indigenous Peoples and Contemporary Issues; Methods in Ethnohistorical Research; Research Design and Professional Development Seminar |
Research Interests
My research focuses on the Russian Far East and on northwestern Alaska (and I am starting a research project in Austria). Topical issues include kinship and social organization, oral history and memory, subsistence use and ideology. In addition, I am interested in the history of anthropological and social science research in the Arctic and the role interdisciplinary approaches played in that history. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
"Kinship and Social Security"; "Collocation Cultural Impact Assessment, Coastal Erosion Protection and Community Relocation at Shishmaref, Alaska"; “The Intersection between Climate Change, Water Resources and Humans in the Arctic” |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Socio-ecological systems of Alaska's non-indigenous residents; Social networks in urban and rural contexts; Ideologies of subsistence and other resources uses |
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| Business Administration |
Susan Herman, Professor of Management, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, ffsjh@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Org. Behavior, Org. change and development, Leadership, Human Resource Management |
Research Interests
I am interested in leadership in environmental organizations, and am interested in sustainability of organizations, particularly small NGO's. |
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| Chemistry & Biochemistry |
*Lawrence
K. Duffy, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, fychem@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Chemistry of Complex Systems; Environmental Biochemistry Ecotoxicology; Resources, Environment & People |
Research Interests
Nutrition, contaminants and use of traditional knowledge in health care. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Health and Superfund Sites; Dogs as models for monitoring nutrition in rural areas. |
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| Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Daniel White, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, ffdmw@uaf.edu
http://www.uaf.edu/civileng/enveng/White.html |
Courses Taught
Environmental Engineering; Introduction to Engineering; Statics; Aquatic Chemistry; Biotechnology; Biological Unit Processes |
Research Interests
My current research is focused on domestic water supplies in the Arctic. In particular I am concerned about the effects of climate change arctic people’s access to freshwater for drinking and cleaning, transportation, and subsistence gathering (fish, waterfowl). |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Climate impacts on water resources; Historical water use and adaptions to past changes; The role of traditional water sources in culture (e.g., drinking water sources, hot springs…); Vulnerability of water sources used for drinking and transportation; The impacts of current and historic sewage disposal practices on human health and culture |
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| Department of Alaska Native and Rural Development; Northern Studies |
Richard Caulfield, Professor of Rural Development, Affiliate Professor of Northern Studies, and Interim Director, Tanana Valley Campus, UAF, ffrac@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Political Economy of the Circumpolar North (distance...via BLACKBOARD and audioconference |
Research Interests
My research interests focus on human-environment relations in the circumpolar North with a particular emphasis on Alaska and Greenland/Kalaallit Nunaat. Recent research focuses on characteristics of resource governance and comanagement regimes in the North. I also have an interest in sustainable community development and human capacity-building in northern communities with a special emphasis on innovations in circumpolar higher education. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Currently serve as UAF representative to University of the Arctic consortium and as project leader for the Arctic Human Development Report. |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Currently serving as interim director of Tanana Valley Campus, but able to serve as member of appropriate graduate committees. |
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| Resources Management |
Joshua Greenberg, Dept Chair/Assoc Prof, Resource Management Department, ffjag@uaf.edu
www.uaf.edu/snras/faculty/greenberg.html |
Courses Taught
Intro to Watershed Management; Forest Management; Environmental Ethics |
Research Interests
bioeconomic modeling, economic issues pertaining to the allocation of Alaska renewable natural resources, and the economics of Alaska's reindeer industry. He teaches courses in economics and agricultural concepts. |
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| Economics |
Mark Herrmann, Professor, ffmlh@uaf.edu
www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffmlh/ |
Courses Taught
Economic Background for Regional Resilience and Adaptation; Integrative Modeling of Natural and Social Systems; Microeconomic Theory I; Intermediate Microeconomics |
Research Interests
My research is in fisheries economics and focuses on the state and federal management of fisheries in the marine waters off the coast of Alaska. My focus is on fishery rationalization, a process in which fisheries are prosecuted in a sustainable manner by improving the quality of the harvested fish while harvesting the fish in a more environmentally responsible manner. I am also interested in the management of fisheries that are jointly biologically and economically sustainable. |
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| Economics |
Doug Reynolds, Professor of Oil and Energy Economics, ffdbr@uaf.edu
www.uaf.edu/som/d_reynolds.html |
Courses Taught
Natural Resource Economics I, Energy Economics, Labor Economics |
Research Interests
I am writing a book on Energy about the future of economic growth for out civilization and how it depends on energy. This relates our present dependence of oil to the current economy. I will look at possible alternative energy use chains. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Oil and Natural Gas Price Forecasting; Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline issues; Russian Oil production forecasting |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Natural Gas pipeline studies; Oil Price Forecasting Studies; Russian oil production studies; ANWR oil production impacts |
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| Forest Sciences |
*Glenn
Juday, Professor of Forest Ecology, g.juday@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Wilderness Management NRM/GEOG 464, (Introduction to) Conservation Biology NRM/BIO 277, Tree-Ring Analysis NRM 397/697 (individual studies), Perspectives in Resource Management NRM 304 |
Research Interests
I am interested in long-term questions in forest ecology that are all grounded in sustainability or resilience issues. I am involved in tree-ring studies with a variety of applications, especially the relationship of forest growth and health to climate change, and climate reconstructions. I also look at forest biodiversity as influenced by management systems, forest development following fire, the structure of old-growth forest ecosystems, and driftwood. Finally, I am involved in projects that examine wilderness and natural area management, and ecotourism. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
"The Sea-Carried Forest": A Study of Driftwood Use and Ecology in Bering Strait (Claire Alix, PI); "A Free Gift to Us on the Beach" Cultural Value, Use and Ecology of Driftwood in a Changing Environment (Claire Alix, PI); Arctic Climate Impact Assessment - Forests and Agriculture |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
"Forest biodiversity and/or sustainability under new, modified, or traditional management systems; Forest changes and adaptive uses and management following climate change
." |
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| Forest Sciences |
Scott Rupp, Assistant Professor of Forest Measurements & Inventory, scott.rupp@uaf.edu
http://www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffsr/ |
Courses Taught
Natural Resource Measurements and Inventory; Regional Sustainability |
Research Interests
My interests are in ecosystem and landscape ecology emphasizing secondary succession, regeneration, and disturbance dynamics in subarctic and boreal forest. Much of my enthusiasm and excitement for science is directed toward the application of scientific knowledge to resource management issues. I am interested in the development and application of whole-system models that include humans as an integrated component to assist in formulating sustainable management principles and guidlines. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Fire-Mediated Changes in the Arctic System: Interactions of Changing Climate and Human Activities - National Science Foundation
www.hfi.uaf.edu/default.cfm |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
"Landscape-level carbon management models; Utilization of small diameter trees for multiple objectives including fire hazard reduction, habitat, and biomass fuels
" |
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| Forest Sciences |
David Verbyla, Professor of Geographic Information Systems, D.Verbyla@uaf.edu
nrm.salrm.uaf.edu/~dverbyla |
Courses Taught
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems; GIS Analysis; GIS Programming; Remotes Sensing Applications in Natural Resources |
Research Interests
Remote sensing of wildfire burn severity; Remote sensing of historic trends in shallow lake areas; Assessment of MODIS leaf area index estimates in Alaska |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Landscape level changes in shallow lakes along the Yukon River from remote sensing and traditional knowledge; Large scale changes in wetlands and waterfowl populations following wildfire |
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| Geography |
Cary de Wit, Assistant Professor of Geography, ffcwd@uaf.edu
www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffcwd |
Courses Taught
World Regional Geography; Geography of Alaska; Geography of US and Canada; Geography of Europe; Geography of Asia |
Research Interests
My current research examines the expression of frontier ideology in Alaska, and how that ideology impacts Alaskan politics, culture, attitudes toward the natural environment, land use, and landscape aesthetics. My overall research area, sense of place, concerns individuals’ and groups’ relationship with place. I’m interested in what happens when landscape changes brought about by relocation, modernization, or global warming collide with rural Alaskans’ relationships with place. |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife |
*F.
Stuart (Terry) Chapin, III, Professor, fffsc@uaf.edu
www.faculty.uaf.edu/fffsc/ |
Courses Taught
Resilience and Adaptation; Ecosystem Ecology; Ecosystems of Alaska |
Research Interests
The central focus of my research is the study of the resilience of regional systems in the face of directional changes in climate, economics, and culture. In particular, I'm interested in vegetation-human-fire interactions. How does vegetation change in the face of changes in fire and climate, how does this alter ecosystem services, how do these services and wages from fire fighting influence communities, and how do communities and fire managers influence fire regime? |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Human-fire interactions; Long-Term Ecological Research (Bonanza Creek LTER); Vegetation effects on ecosystem processes; Comparative studies of social-ecological systems at high latitudes |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Resilience and thresholds for ecosystem change following wildfire in a warming climate; Sustainable options for Alaska's future; Fire effects on nutrient cycling and successional dynamics; Integration of Indigenous knowledge and western science for charting sustainable futures |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife |
Brad Griffith Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology; Asst. Unit Leader (Wildlife), AK Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit, ffdbg@aurora.alaska.edu
users.iab.uaf.edu/~brad_griffith/griffith.html |
Courses Taught
Foraging Ecology, Issues of Scale in Ecology and Management, Research Design (occasionally) |
Research Interests
I focus on the large scale influence of climate and human initiated development and activities on landscapes and landscape processes, how these influences may affect the seasonal dynamics of habitat quality and animal performance and the resulting implications for subsistence hunters and other consumptive and non-consumptive users. Current topics include a) large scale heterogeneity in winter habitat capacity for moose, b) using remote sensing to assess status and trends of wildlife habitat quality in National Parks, c) estimating the potential effects of development on caribou on Alaska's north slope and d) assessing the resilience of circumpolar caribou herds under the combined influences of climate, economic development and management systems. |
| Interests in Resilience and Adaptation: Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain Terrestrial Wildlife Research Summaries |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
the influence of climate induced wetland drying on wildlife and waterbird populations and subsistence access to these populations. |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife |
*Falk
Huettmann, Assistant Professor, fffh@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Wildlife Management Techniques; Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Habitat |
Research Interests
Spatial Wildlife Ecology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing and Databases, Wildlife-Habitat Analysis, Future Landscapes, Steady State Scenarios |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Shorebirds on Landfills in the Arctic; Future Landscapes on Kenai Wildlife Refuge |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Predictive Modeling of Estuaries in coastal Alaska and Russia; Effects of Landscape and Wildlife Changes in the Fairbanks Burrow, Interior Alaska; Analysis and Modeling of Native Village Locations in the Arctic Landscapes of Alaska, Russia and Canada |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife |
*Knut
Kielland, Associate Research Professor of Biology, ffkk@uaf.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~knut_kielland |
Courses Taught
none (just lectures in a variety of courses: biochemistry, plant/ population/ecosystem ecology, mammalogy, resource management. |
Research Interests
Current projects include nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems, biogeochemistry of rivers and riparian zones, small mammal population dynamics, ecology and economics of reindeer herding, and vegetation-herbivory studies. These studies are relevent to a variety of resource management issues. The reindeer project has a strong sociel science component, but other studies such as the vegetation-herbivory projects have strong ties to forest management. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Reindeer Herding and Moose-Fire pjojects; Terrestrial-Aquatic Nutrient interactions; Forest Regeneration and Moose Browsing. |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Population dynamics and foraging behavior of snowshoe hares at the margin of their range; Regeneration of white spruce in relation to mammalian herbivory in primary and secondary succession; Intensive range mangement of reindeer on the Seward Peninsula; Effects of herbivory on recovery of vegetation and nutrient cycling following fire |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife |
David Klein, Professor Emeritus, Wildlife Ecology, ffdrk@uaf.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~dave_klein/dklein.html |
Research Interests
Currently, my main foci are on 1)assessment of the influences of climate change in the Arctic on wildlife, human relationships to wildlife, associated management and conservation of wildlife consistent with sustainable harvest of wildlife resources; 2) arctic/high latitude ecology inclusive of human cultural and economic relations through out the circumpolar region; 3) policy development regarding land and water use practices in the Arctic inclusive of the effects of resource use by residents of the Arctic, as well as through industrial development activities generated by pressures from outside of the Arctic. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment project (ACIA), the Arctic Systems Science projects of the National Science Foundation (HARC, SEARCH, BEST, etc.), University of the Arctic North2North Student Mobility Program, and ARCUS (re information coordination, outreach, and dissemination on allaspects of science related to the Arctic) |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife |
Kevin McCracken, Assistant Professor of Biology, fnkgm@uaf.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~kevin_mccracken/ |
Courses Taught
Principles of Genetics; Systematic & Comparative Biology |
Research Interests
Operation of ecological processes at large spatial scales; ecological modeling; global change biology. |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife |
*A.
David McGuire, Professor of Ecology, ffadm@uaf.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~dave_mcguire/dmcguire.html |
Courses Taught
Integrative Modeling of Nature and Social Systems; Ecological Module for Resilience and Adaptation |
Research Interests
My research focuses on the modeling of the role of terrestrial ecosystems in the context of the earth system. This includes modeling the causes and consequences of changes in land cover and land use change. It also includes modeling how the impacts of emissions controls designed to mitigate climate change interact with economic and social systems. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Terry Chapin's Fire-Mediated Project |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Modeling land cover and land use change; integrative assessment modeling. |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife |
Todd O'Hara, Associate Professor of Wildlife Toxicology, fftmo@uaf.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~todd_ohara |
Courses Taught
Wildlife Diseases and Arctic Contaminants (spring 2005); proposing a course in Wildlife Pharmacology |
Research Interests
We are evaluating contaminants in subsistence use species to assess impacts on wildlife and food items people consume. We are linking what we know about arctic and subarctic wildlife ecology and physiology to better understand chemical pathways and the factors that alter concentrations to conduct these animal and human assessments. The laboratory is dedicated to developing “effects” measures and integrating our research with local users to maximize scientific quality and relevance to Alaska. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Funded through CANHR: “Nutrients and contaminants in subsistence use mammals and processed as food” |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Develop local participation in and local relevance of physiologically based chemical ecology of nutrients and contaminants to better explain the linkages of humans to the marine and terrestrial systems of the subarctic and Arctic. |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife |
*Abby
Powell, Associate Professor, IAB; Asst. Unit Leader, AK Cooperative Fisheries
and Wildlife Research Unit, ffanp@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Readings in Conservation Biology, Ornithology, Endangered Species Management |
Research Interests
I am interested in avian ecology, particularly the response of populations to anthropogenic changes. In addition, I am interested in management of small populations and endangered species. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
The Common Raven (Corvus corax) on the North Slope of Alaska: Wildlife Management and the Human Dimension |
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| Institute of Arctic Biology, Resources Management |
*Gary
Kofinas, Assistant Professor of Resource Policy and Management, gary.kofinas@uaf.edu
www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffgpk/ |
Courses Taught
Adaptive Management; Resilience Seminar for new students; Resilience & Adaptation Program Internships |
Research Interests
My research focuses on the human dimensions of arctic systems, the sustainability of local communities, community- and co-management of common pool resources, local indigenous knowledge in monitoring and research, and Human-Rangifer Systems. I have recently initiated research with small remote villages of Ladakh, India. |
Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Sustainability of Arctic Communities Project; Integrating Traditional Knowledge and Science in Large Mammal Science Project; Institutions for Community-State Power-Sharing; CARMA - CircumArctic Rangifer and Assessment Network |
Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
Co-management in Alaska; Local knowledge in ecological monitoring; A circumpolar comparative study of resilience and vulnerabilities of Human-Caribou Systems |
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| Institute of Marine Science |
*Alan
Springer, Research Associate Professor, ams@ims.uaf.edu
www.sfos.uaf.edu/directory/faculty/springer/ |
Research Interests
My research interests concern matters of scale in time and space of large marine ecosystems and of variability in production at various trophic levels. |
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| Plant, Animal & Soil Sciences |
Steven Sparrow, Professor of Agronomy, Assoc. Dean of SNRAS, stephen.sparrow@uaf.edu
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Courses Taught
Perspectives in Natural Resource Mgt; Soil Management, Soil Biology; Research Methods in Natural Resources Mgt. |
Research Interests
Most of my research has to do with soil managemnt in agricultural soils in AK and managment of forage crops in AK. |
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| Political Science |
Amy Lovecraft, Assistant Professor of Political Science ffall@uaf.edu
Courses Taught
Political Economy , American Government, American Presidency, Canadian Government and Politics, Science, Technology, and Politics, and Political Behavior | Research Interests
Her research interests focus on the development of transboundary environmental management, specifically how localize international institutions for natural resource remediation and conservation. A second branch of interests examines the links between science, technology and politics. |
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| Political Science | Jonathan Rosenberg, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department Chair ffjr@uaf.edu
Courses Taught
Political Economy, Comparative Politics, International Political Economy, Political Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Political Economy of the Global Environment | Research Interests
His current research evaluates the activities of development assistance agencies, multilateral lending institutions and non-governmental organizations as they affect the participation of local stakeholders in environmentally sustainable development projects. He is also collaborating with colleagues at UAF and UAA on a book on the politics of oil in Alaska. |
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| Sociology and Women's Studies | Sine Anahita, Assistant Professor, sine.anahita@uaf.edu
| Courses Taught
Rural Sociology, Race and Ethnic Relations, Soc of Gender, Sexualities, Work and Occupations, Social Problems, Soc of Aging | Research Interests
I'm currently collaborating with Dr. Tammy Mix on a study of Alaska's wolf control controversy. In this research, I am specifically interested in how masculinities and other gendered processes shape the discourse about sustainability. I also study Alaskans who do not have running water, and I continue my research on the landdyke movement (a.k.a. lesbian land movement), especially its ecofeminist politics and practices related to sustainability. | Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
wolf control and masculinities; rural lesbian communities as exemplars of prefigurative sustainable communities | Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
issues of gender and sexuality in rural contexts, especially as these relate to the politics and practices of sustainability |
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| Stanford Institute for International Studies, Stanford University | Rosamond Naylor, SIIS Senior Fellow, roz@stanford.edu
siis.stanford.edu/people/2181/ | Courses Taught
World Food Economy and Sustainable Agriculture | Research Interests
agriculture, aquaculture, ecosystem services, food security, Climate and Atmosphere, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Sustainable Development |
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| Water and Environmental Research Center; Institute of Northern Engineering | Larry Hinzman, Research Professor of Water Resources, ffldh@uaf.edu
http://www.uaf.edu/water/faculty/hinzman/hinzman.html | Interests in Resilience and Adaptation
Dr. Hinzman is co-chair of the NSF funded Arctic CHAMP program (Community-wide Hydrologic Analysis and Monitoring Program) and a principal investigator in the NSF Freshwater Initiative, which aims to quantify the arctic freshwater balance ( http://arcticchamp.sr.unh.edu/ ). He is the PI of a NSF study to quantify the impacts of wildfire in a tundra ecosystem ( http://www.uaf.edu/water/projects/atlas/atlas.html ), one of the Co-PIs on the sub-arctic Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research program (BNZ LTER, http://www.lter.uaf.edu/ ) and a Co-PI on a study to quantify the effects of climate change on human use of water resources on the Seward Peninsula ( http://www.uaf.edu/water/projects/ICWHA/ICWHA.htm ). Dr. Hinzman also leads a DoE funded study to quantify the impacts of water removal from tundra lakes for ice-road construction ( http://www.uaf.edu/water/projects/NorthSlope/lake_recharge/index.html ). | Research Project Ideas for Prospective Students
I am particularly interested in determining the effects of a chaning climate on water resources, utilizing field studies and numerical modeling to quantify the impacts of permafrost degradation and changing meteorology on hydrology. |
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