Faculty
Lawson Brigham
Distinguished Professor of Geography & Arctic Policy
Email: lwb48@aol.com
Research Interests:
polar environmental change, marine policy & ocean security issues, satellite remote sensing of sea ice and permafrost, marine navigation systems, coastal oceanography, polar environmental management & sustainable use.
Joshua Greenberg
Department Head, Humans and the Environment,
Associate Professor of Resource Economics
Email: jagreenberg@alaska.edu
Research interests
- bioeconomic modeling
- economic issues pertaining to the allocation of Alaska renewable natural resources
- economics of Alaska's reindeer industry
Peter Fix
Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation Management
Email: pjfix@alaska.edu
Research interests
- human dimensions of natural resource management
- motivations for recreation participation
- recreation planning frameworks
- recreation research methods
- natural resource based tourism
- recreation economics
- nonmarket valuation
Current research programs
- Alaska resident statistics program
- visitor preferences for interpretation at Wrangell - St. Elias National park
- wildlife viewing management in Alaska
Gary Kofinas
Professor of Resource Policy and Management
Email: gary.kofinas@alaska.edu
Research interests
- indigenous communities of the North and their social-ecological resilience in conditions of rapid change, adaptive co-management, local knowledge in monitoring, and integrated assessment, subsistence, and human-caribou systems
Julie Lurman Joly
Associate Professor of Resources Law and Policy
Email: julie.joly@alaska.edu
Research interests
- wildlife and public lands law
- comparative natural resources law
- federal-state resource management conflicts
- climate change law
Current research programs
- public lands and resource management conflicts
- climate change related repercussions for public lands and wildlife law
Elena Sparrow
Professor of Resources Management
Email: ffebs@uaf.edu
Research interests
- nutrient cycling
- microbial ecology
- climate change effects
- science education
Susan Todd
Associate Professor of Resource Planning
Email: sktodd@alaska.edu
Research interests
- conflict resolution
- environmental mediation
- resource management planning and public involvement
Current research programs
- innovative methods of involving the public in environmental decisions
- the alagnak wild river management study