Northern Studies Program
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Northern Studies Program
613B Gruening Building

Phone: +1 907 474 7126
FAX: +1 907 474 5817
Email: mfehrlander@alaska.edu


Faculty

Mary F. Ehrlander, Ph.D.

Director of Northern Studies
Associate Professor of History
University of Alaska Fairbanks
PO Box 756460
Fairbanks, AK 99775
907-474-6556
mfehrlander@alaska.edu


Courses taught by Dr. Mary F. Ehrlander

HIST 131/132

History of the United States
NORS 293The Circumpolar North: An Introductory Overview

HIST 404  

Modern Scandinavia
HIST 434Canada: 1867 – Present
HIST/NORS 48320th Century Circumpolar History
NORS/HIST 600

Perspectives on the North

Terrence M. Cole, Ph.D.

Professor of History
Director, Office of Public History
P.O. Box 756460
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775
tmcole@alaska.edu


Courses taught by Dr. Terrence M. Cole

History 100X                  

Modern World History

HIST 461/NORS 661                  

History of Alaska

HIST 481/NORS 681Polar Exploration and its Literature
HIST 490/NORS 690Researching and Writing Northern History

Sine Anahita, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Northern Studies
Associate Professor of Sociology
P.O. Box 756460
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775
sine.anahita@alaska.edu


Courses taught by Dr. Sine Anahita
 

NORS 601
 

Research Methods and Sources in the North
NORS/WGS 493/693 
 
Men and Masculinities in the North
SOC 100x
 
Individual, Culture and Society
SOC 301
 
Rural Sociology
SOC 308
 
Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC/WGS 320
 
Sociology of Gender

Maribeth S. Murray, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
IARC and Northern Studies
P.O. Box 757340
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775
907-474-6751
msmurray@alaska.edu


Courses taught by Dr. Maribeth S. Murray

NORS 493

   The Changing Arctic: Scientific
   and Social Perspectives on
   Change, Adaptation, and
   Sustainability in the North


Professor Emeritus

Judith S. Kleinfeld, Ph.D.

Please follow this link: http://www.judithkleinfeld.com/

NORS Affiliated Faculty

Mary Goodwin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History
mcgoodwin@alaska.edu

Courses taught:  Visual Images of the North

Research related to the North: Artist of Alaska
 

Eric Heyne, Ph.D.
Professor of English
efheyne@alaska.edu
www.alaska.edu/english/people/faculty/heyne/

Courses taught:  Alaskan and Northern Canadian Literature
 

Brian Kassof, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
bkassof@alaska.edu

Courses taught:  Imperial Russia 1700-1917; Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia
 

Amy Lovecraft, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
allovecraft@alaska.edu

Courses taught:  Science, Technology and Politics;  Government and Politics of Canada

Research related to the North:  Policy research: wildland fire, sea ice, marine mammals, freshwater systems & transnational environmental regimes; Environmental political theory addressing rapid change and the far North.


Gerald (Jerry) McBeath, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science
gamcbeath@alaska.edu
www.uaf.edu/polisci/faculty

Courses taught: Comparative Environmental Politics; Alaska Government and Politics

Research related to the North: State and local politics of Alaska; Native Politics; Politics of circumpolar northern states; Environmental politics and policy


Chanda Meek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
clmeek@alaska.edu

Courses taught:  Arctic Politics and Governance; Government and Politics of Russia

Research related to the North: Resilience of Northern social-ecological systems, natural resource & environmental policy & politics, human dimensions of wildlife mgmt., indigenous-state power-sharing arrangements, cross-scale policy implementation
 

James Ruppert, Ph.D.

Professor of English and Alaska Native Studies
jkruppert@alaska.edu
www.alaska.edu/english/people/faculty/ruppert/

Courses taught: Images of the North

Research related to the North:  Alaska Native Studies; Oral Narratives; Travel Narratives


William Schneider, Ph.D.
Curator of Oral History, Professor
wsschneider@alaska.edu

Courses taught:  Oral Sources; independent studies

Research related to the North: Cultural Anthropology; Ethnohistory; Alaska history; Oral history; Oral narrative
 

Peter Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology
ppschweitzer@alaska.edu

Courses taught:  Northern Indigenous Peoples and Contemporary Issues

Research related to the North: Viability of northern communities under conditions of climate change; History and indigenous identity in the North; Movement of people & ideas in & out of the Arctic