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Departments and Contacts

Campus area code is 907; all phone numbers begin with prefix 474

Museum Phone Number: (907) 474-7505

Department/Name Position Phone Email

Administration		      
Carol Diebel, Ph.D. Museum Director 6443 cediebel@alaska.edu
Hollis J. Gillespie Executive Officer 6939 hjgillespie@alaska.edu
Emilie Nelson Executive Assistant 6443 emilie.nelson@alaska.edu
Barbara Ellanna Fiscal Professional 6949 barbara.ellanna@alaska.edu
Kevin May Operations Manager 5358 kcmay@alaska.edu
Linda Sheldon Fiscal Technician 1510 linda.sheldon@alaska.edu
       
Visitor Services      
Daniel David Visitor Services Manager 5137 dsdavid@alaska.edu 
Janet Thompson Tour and Events Manager 6640 jathompson@alaska.edu
Museum Store   1595  
       
Education and Public Programs    
Jennifer Arseneau Education & Public Programs Manager 6948 j.arseneau@alaska.edu
Maïté Agopian Museum Educator 5602 msagopianplattet@alaska.edu
Chris Cannon Special Projects 1197 cmcannon2@alaska.edu
Peggy Hetman School & Community Liaison 5360 mahetman@alaska.edu
       
Exhibits and Digital Media    
Roger Topp, M.S., M.F.A. Head of Production 6985 topp@alaska.edu
Theresa Bakker, M.F.A. Media Coordinator 6941 tabakker@alaska.edu
Steve Bouta Coordinator of Exhibitions & Design 6953 sfbouta@alaska.edu
Tamara Martz Graphic Designer 6951 tfmartz@alaska.edu
       
Alaska Center for Documentary Film      
Leonard Kamerling, M.F.A. Curator 7437 ljkamerling@alaska.edu
       
Archaeology      
Jeff Rasic, Ph.D. Acting Curator   Jeff_Rasic@nps.gov
James Whitney, M.A. Collection Manager 6943 jwwhitney@alaska.edu
Scott Shirar, M.A. Research Technician   sjshirar@alaska.edu
       
Earth Sciences      
Patrick Druckenmiller, Ph.D. Curator 6954 psdruckenmiller@alaska.edu
       
Entomology      
Derek Sikes, Ph.D. Curator 6278 dssikes@alaska.edu
       
Ethnology & History      
Molly Lee, Ph.D. Curator Emerita   ffmcl@uaf.edu
Angela Linn, M.A. Collection Manager 1828 angela.linn@alaska.edu
       

Fine Arts		      
Mareca Guthrie, M.F.A. Curator 5102 mrguthrie@alaska.e
       

Genomic Resources

      
Aren Gunderson, M.S. Coordinator 6947 amgunderson@alaska.edu
       
Herbarium      
Stefanie Ickert-Bond, Ph.D. Curator 6277 smickertbond@alaska.edu
Jordan Metzgar Collection Manager 7109 jsmetzgar@alaska.edu
Alan Batten, M.S. Research Associate 7109 arbatten@alaska.edu
Carolyn Parker, M.S. Research Professional 7109 clparker@alaska.edu
       
Ichthyology and Aquatics    
J. Andres Lopez, Ph.D. Curator 7828 jalopez2@alaska.edu
       
Mammalogy      
Link Olson, Ph.D. Curator 5998 link.olson@alaska.edu
Aren Gunderson, M.S. Collection Manager 6947 amgunderson@alaska.edu
Dusty McDonald Programmer 7108

dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
       
Ornithology      
Kevin Winker, Ph.D. Curator 7027 kevin.winker@alaska.edu
Jack Withrow Collection Manager 6727 jjwithrow@alaska.edu
Dan Gibson Research Associate 7359 avesalaska@gmail.com