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Miranda Wright
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Assistant Professor
First Floor Brooks Building
P.O. Box 756500
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6500
(907) 474-6433 (office)
(907) 474-6325 (fax)
m.wright@uaf.edu
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EDUCATION:
M.A.
University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995
Anthropology
B.A.
University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1992
Anthropology
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AREAS OF INTEREST
AND SUBSTANTIVE KNOWLEDGE:
Cultural anthropology, indigenous culture, organizational culture, economic
development, community development, organizational development, business
development, natural resource development, grant proposal development, enthnohistory
of Koyukon area.
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PROFESSIONAL
BACKGROUND:
2002-present Assistant Professor and Academic Program
Head, Rural Development Program, CRA. UAF
1967-present Co-Owner, Wright Aurora Kennel
1970-present Vice-President, W. A., Incorporated
1995-2002 Executive Director, Doyon Foundation
1994-1995 Interim-Director, UAF/Interior Aleutians Campus,
Galena Center
1967-1990 Co-Owner,Wright Aurora Construction
1981-1985 Owner, Miranda Wright, Furs
1966-1967 Executive Assistant, State of Alaska Department
of Rural Development
1964 Ticket Agent, Wien Consolidated
Airlines
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SELECTED COMMUNITY
SERVICE:
1995-present Board of Directors, Doyon, Limited
2002-present Treasurer, Doyon, Limited
2000-present Board of Directors, Doyon Communications,
Inc.
2000-present Chair, Alyeska Alaska Native Scholarship
Advisory Board
1995-present Chancellors Advisory Committee on Native
Education
1994-present Advisory Committee, Arctic Studies Center,
Smithsonian Institution.
2001-present Community Advisory Board, Holland America
Westours
1972-present Volunteer, World Indian Eskimo Olympics
2000-2002 Treasurer, ANCSA Education Consortium
2000-2002 Board of Visitors, UAF
2000-2001 Board of Directors, Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce
1999-2002 Fairbanks North Star Borough Economic Development
Commission
1999-2002 Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, Rural Urban
Committee
1999-2002 Board of Directors, Doyon, Tourism, Inc.
1998-1999 Board of Directors, Doyon Properties, Inc.
1996-1999 Call For Sessions Planning Committee. Council
on Foundations, Washington DC
1992-1995 Board of Directors, Doyon, Foundation
1992-1995 Board of Directors, Keepers of the Treasures
– Alaska
1968-1985 Volunteer, Alaska Junior Dog Musher’s Association
1977-1978 Board of Directors, Gana’a Yoo, Limited (ANCSA
consolidated villages)
1975-1977 Board of Directors, Nikk’aghun Limited
(ANCSA village corp)
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1999 The Ethnohistory of Cold Bay, Alaska. In:
The History and Ethnohistory of the Aleutians East Borough. The Limestone
Press. Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1999 The Sea Otter Industry in the Eastern Aleutians,
1867 – 1911. In: The History and Ethnohistory of the Aleutians
East Borough. . The Limestone Press. Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
1999 War comes To the Aleutians. In: The History
and Ethnohistory of the Aleutians East Borough. . The Limestone Press.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
1995 Perspectives on Being a Native Anthropologist.
The Northern Review. Whitehorse, Canada: Yukon College.
1994 Life Cycles of Interior Alaska Den’a. Co-authored
with Malinda Chase and Bernice Joseph. In: Crossroads Alaska
exhibition catalog. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
1993 Valuing Cultural Diversity and Treasuring Cultural
Differences. In: Sharing Alaska Native Cultures a hands-on Activity
Book. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum.
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AFFILIATIONS:
Doyon, Inc., Regional Native Corporation, enrolled shareholder
Gana-A Yoo, Limited., ANCSA village corporation, enrolled shareholder
American Anthropological Association
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Copyright © 2003 University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Department of Alaska Native & Rural Development.
