About
the Press
Mission Statement
The University of Alaska Press is a nonprofit organization that publishes
and distributes nonfiction works about Alaska, the north Pacific Rim,
and circumpolar regions. We publish in an expanding range of subject
areas, including politics and history, Native languages and cultures,
science and natural history, biography and memoir, and original translations.
Our readership includes both the scholarly community and the general
public. The press is guided by an independent editorial board of scholars
and writers with a diverse range of expertise, and is a member of the
Association of American University Presses.
Patricia Partnow, Ph.D., Chair of the Editorial Board is an applied anthropologist who specializes in oral traditions, oral history, and ethnohistory. Much of her professional career has been in the museum and education fields, particularly in the design of programs and curricula that make complex ideas understandable to non-specialists.
Brian Barnes, Ph.D., is director of the Institute of Arctic Biology and a professor of biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His research interests and publications focus on the physiological ecology and endrocrinology of hibernating mammals, biological rhythms and sleep, and overwintering biology of animals including insects.
Jeane Breinig, Ph.D., is an associate professor of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Her teaching and research areas include American Indian and Alaska Native literature, American literature, and American ethnic literature. Her publications include articles and books documenting Alaska Native oral histories.
Nora Dauenhauer is a Native American scholar, poet, and short-story author. She has a B.A. in anthropology and is internationally recognized for her fieldwork, transcription, translation, and explication of Tlingit oral literature. Her creative writing has been widely published and anthologized.
Aldona Jonaitis, Ph.D, is director of the University of Alaska Museum of the North and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Dr. Jonaitis is a scholar and author of books on Northwest Coast Native art.
Lee Husky, Ph.D., is a professor of economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage. His fields of interest and publications relate to the economy of Alaska, particularly rural regions, and economic education.
Bradford Matsen is a writer and former magazine editor and publisher who specializes in books and television documentary scripts on science and natural history topics for general audiences.
Thomas Morehouse, Ph.D., is a professor emeritus of political science at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage. He is author or editor of books on Alaska politics, economic development, and Alaska Native self-government.
Richard Nelson, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist, nature writer, and previous writer laureate of Alaska. His books include Making Prayers to the Raven, Hunters of the Northern Ice, Shadow of the Hunter, and The Island Within.
Karen Perdue, associate vice president for Health Programs at the University of Alaska, is responsible for developing health and social sciences capacity throughout the university system. She previously served as the commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services for the State of Alaska and is active on many commissions and boards throughout the state.
Frank Soos, Ph.D., is the author of books of essays and short stories, including Unified Field Theory, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction in 1997. He has over twenty-five years of teaching experience, including eighteen years of teaching in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
