The College of Rural and Community Development (CRCD) provides academic and vocational education and outreach that promote workforce preparation, economic development, life-long learning, and community development through Alaska, with an emphasis on Alaska Natives and underserved communities.

CRCD geographically serves nearly two-thirds of the state, representing more than 160 primarily Native Alaska communities. The college is also the center for support and development of distance delivery of education throughout the university. The main office is located in the Brooks Building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) campus.

Jennifer Carroll has been appointed acting vice chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Rural and Community Development.

She is a 1986 graduate of Lathrop High School and is married to James Carroll of Fort Yukon. They have two daughters, Jeanetta and Lynneva.

She began working at UAF’s Interior-Aleutians Campus in 1999 as an anthropology instructor and coordinator of the Yukon Flats Center in Fort Yukon. Carroll is pursuing a doctorate in anthropology after earning a master’s from UAF in 1995 and a bachelor’s from Harvard in 1990.