Director
323 Brooks Building
P.O. Box 756500
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6500
(907) 474-6433 (office)
(907) 474-6325 (fax)
m.wright@uaf.edu
 

EDUCATION:

M.A.   
        University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995
        Anthropology

B.A.   
        University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1992
        Anthropology
 

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.

 

PROFESSIONAL  BACKGROUND:

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)

 

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.

 

AFFILIATIONS:

Doyon, Inc., Regional Native Corporation, enrolled shareholder
Gana-A Yoo, Limited., ANCSA village corporation, enrolled shareholder
American Anthropological Association