On Dec. 11, our Facilities and Campus Services team was made aware of a pothole that shut down the westbound lanes of Northern Lights Boulevard between UAA Drive and Career Center Drive. It has since been upgraded to a sinkhole, and the lanes will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time while crews repair the damage. We anticipate the closure will extend through the week.
麻将游戏赚钱Finals week is a very stressful time for students. Students, please know that your professors have been made aware of the situation. Please communicate with them any delays you may experience due to this issue. We know this is an unexpected traffic challenge. Please take a deep breath. We want you to have a smooth and safe finals week.
Classes on Arctic issues
UAA students have opportunities to study Arctic issues across many disciplines from natural to social sciences, arts and humanities, and professional programs. Below are a few course offerings for the 2015-2016 academic year:
Anthropology and English
Name: Clare J. Dannenberg
Title: Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology
Email: cjdannenberg@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-4386
Course(s): ANTH 210, Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 361, Language and Culture
LING 101, Nature of Language
LING 201, Intermediate Grammar
麻将游戏赚钱 In each of these classes, I introduce information on Alaska Native languages and
Alaskan Varieties of English.
Anthropology
Name: Sally Carraher
Title: Assistant Professor
Email: sfcarraher@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-1568
Course(s): Spring 2016: ANTH A200 - Native Peoples of Alaska (two sections). ANTH
A200 is a broad comparative overview of Alaska's original peoples and cultures before
the Russians first arrived marking the introduction of the colonial era in the late
1700s. The course draws information from early Russian and American journals and accounts,
archaeology, ethnohistory, Native oral traditions, art, Traditional Ecological Knowledge,
and learning from living Elders. Name: Marie Lowe
Title: Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Email: mlowe@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-6534
Course(s): Cultural Anthropology ANTH A202.? This course is an introduction to the
methods, theories, and fundamental concepts for the study of culture and society.?
Alaska/Arctic cases. Offered every semester by anthropology department. Culture and
Globalization ANTH A464/664.? The course investigate the relationship between culture
and globalization by examining global capitalism and ethnographic experiences.? Alaska/Arctic
cases.? Offered every other spring semester.? International Management BA A487.?
This course emphasizes business and management practices across cultures and evaluates
the skills that a global manager needs to succeed in an international context.? Alaska
case.? Offered every fall semester.
Art
Name: Herminia Din
Title: Professor of Art Education
Email: hdin@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-1785
麻将游戏赚钱 Course(s): Art203 Introduction to Art Education / Department of Art / Fall 2015.
This course provides an overview to the foundations of art and museum education: theories,
issues, and practices in historical and contemporary contexts. It explores rationales
for teaching art, theories of children's developmental levels in art, content areas
of art education (aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and studio art), teaching
practices in classroom and non-traditional learning environment, and special topics
focusing on art and design of the North.
Biological Sciences
Name: Jennifer Burns
Title: Professor
Email: jmburns@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-1527
Course(s): Biology 481 - Marine Biology (Fall 2015): This capstone GER course has
a focus on Alaskan issues, and on how human activities and changes in climate patterns
are effecting marine ecosystems, particularly in polar regions.
Civil Engineering
Name: Aaron Dotson
Title: Associate Professor
Email: addotson@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-6041
Course(s): CE 684 Arctic Utilities - Civil Engineering Course focuses on aspects
of water and wastewater utility design in Arctic and Cold Regions with a focus on
small rural communities.
English
Name: Jennifer Stone
Title: Associate Professor
Email: jstone32@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-4373
Course(s): ENGL A111: Introduction to Composition--my sections focus on the theme
of "place." All model essays are by writers in Alaska and are about issues in Alaska.
Students write about place-based topics, many of which are related to Arctic contexts.
I regularly teach this course online in the summer.
麻将游戏赚钱 ENGL A476: History of the English Language--my sections include a unit on the history
of English in Alaska. The unit covers key events in the history of the language, historical
struggles related to language, language education, and language policy. Students engage
in original undergraduate research about English language artifacts from Alaska. I
teach this course every fall.
Geological Sciences
Name: Kristine J Crossen
Title: Professor and Chair
Email: kjcrossen@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-6838
Course(s): GEOL 454 and 654 - Glacial and Quaternary Geology - Fall 15 / Formation
of glaciers and landforms produced by glaciers,? extent of past and present glaciers,?
Quaternary (ice age) climate and environments in Alaska, recent and past climatre
changes.
GEOL 455 and 655 - Permafrost - Sp 16 / Types and formation of permafrost.? Environmental
and enginneering problems associated with permafrost.? History of past? and current
climate change as related to permafrost.
History and Humanities
Name: Mark A. Schreiter, Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor
Email: maschreiter@kodiak.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 942-9109
麻将游戏赚钱 Course(s): HUM 212: Living Far North: Alaskans and the Environment, spring semester
2016.? Taught face-to-face but also with a video section that included students from
various Alaska Native villages.? This course explores changing relationships between
humans and nature throughout time in the northern circum-polar region, primarily Alaska,
examining how natural forces actively shape society and how various cultures and individuals
have perceived and transformed regional, national, and global environments.? While
analyzing shifting ideologies toward the northern landscape, the course focuses on
critical environmental themes and issues affecting Alaska and the Arctic, particularly
recent developments pertaining to climate change and maritime ecosystems that carry
immense implications for humans and the planet.
Honors
Name: Mara Kimmel
Email: mkimmel2@uaa.alaska.edu
Course(s): Honors A292: Global Environmental Governance, Fall 2015 This course will
provide a survey of global environmental governance. It covers the main historical
developments that have occurred since the 1972 Stockholm Conference that launched
the modern framework for global environmental governance, and covers the main theoretical
issues that are debated in this area, and prepares students to become competently
engaged in the debates over international environmental issues, and to take part in
the process of thinking through the problems and dilemmas of global environmental
governance. It then takes the broader context of global environmental governance and
applies the dominant framework and theories in this area to the Circumpolar North.
Alaska is Americaa€?s only Arctic state, and as the world increases its focus on northern
environments as a source of economic and environmental values. Name: Paula Williams
Email: pwilliams@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-1515
Course(s): Honors A292: Issues and Implications of Climate Change, Fall 2015
Explores the science and varying perspectives of climate change and how values and
social paradigms shape those perspectives. Students will explore their values and
gain a basic understanding of social science research methods and how to design research
projects Name: Diane Hirshberg
Title: Professor of Education Policy and Director
Email: dbhirshberg@alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-5413
麻将游戏赚钱 Course(s): Honors A292: Introduction to U.S. and International Arctic Policy Issues,
Spring 2016. With the U.S. mid-way through the first of two years as chair of the
Arctic Council, and rapid climate, political, economic and social changes happening
across the Circumpolar north, understanding Arctic policy issues is critical for those
living in the only Arctic state in the nation.? This class will provide an overview
of current Arctic policy issues and students will learn how to research the understandings
of these issues among their peers and the public.
Justice Center
Name: Ryan Fortson
Title: Assistant Professor
Email: hrfortson@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-4886
麻将游戏赚钱 Course(s): Tribal Courts and Alaska Native Rights (JUST/LEGL 485)
Kodiak College - Biology
Name: Cindy Trussell
Title: Associate Professor
Email: citrussell@kodiak.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 486-1224
麻将游戏赚钱 Course(s): ENVI A211 and ENVI A211L Fall 2015 / I team teach this course with Linda
Himelbloom. In the course we have a unit specifically on current Alaskan/Arctic science
that changes each semester. We also have a unit that investigates how northern/arctic
cultures view resource extraction around the world. In the lab we have a Google Earth
unit on the receding ice off the northern coast of Alaska.
Sustainable Energy
Name: Mark Masteller
Title: Assistant Professor
Email: mamasteller@matsu.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 745-9784
Course(s): Intro to Sustainable Energy, RE A100, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016
Applied Physics for Sustainable Energy, RE A102, Fall 2015
Intro Solar Photovoltaic Systems, RE A110, Fall 2015
Intro Solar Hot Water Systems, RE A120, Fall 2015
Home Energy Basics, RE A140, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016
Basics - Ground-source Heat Pumps, RE A150, Fall 2015
Intro Small Wind Systems, RE A130, Fall 2015
Biodiesel and Vegetable Oil Fuels Systems, RE A160, Fall 2015
Cold Climate Construction, RE A210, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016
Political Science
Name: Kimberly Pace
Title: Professor
Email: kjpace@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 786-4837
Course(s): Comparative Northern Politics, PS 312, Fall 2015 /? / This course entails
a detailed comparative analysis of political systems, political actors, and political
institutions across the northern region, to contrast such entities and evaluate the
complex range of issues relevant to the region and the international community.?
The class will include a 4 - 6 week Model Arctic Council component in which students
will portray representatives from the Arctic 8 nations, Permanent Representatives
or Working Groups.? Current real world issues will be discussed, debated, solutions
proposed and meetings held.