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

Miranda Wright, Associate Professor and Director of DANSRD, is a Koyukon Athabascan from Nulato, AK.   Prof. Wright holds an MA in Cultural Anthropology from UAF and is in pursuit of a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies. She has over 30 years’ experience as a private business owner.  Prof. Wright is currently a member of the Doyon Board of Directors, an ANCSA regional corporation. She also served on the Board of her ANCSA Village Corporation and was instrumental in the merger of four village corporations into Gana-A Yoo' Limited. Prof. Wright has served on numerous boards and committees focused on economic development and native education. Prof. Wright and her husband Gareth make their home in Fairbanks along with a large extended family.

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