Term assistant professor

University affiliation

• Department of Anthropology
• Institute of Northern Engineering
• University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks)

Contact information

• Email: syamin@alaska.edu
• Phone: (907) 474-6188

Media contact

University Relations

• Email: uaf-news@alaska.edu

Areas of expertise

• Humanities
• Social and behavioral science

Research interests/biography

Yamin-Pasternak is a cultural anthropologist who studies how foodways in Northern communities interact with the local climate, built environment, family and community relations, ecology, and aesthetics. She is also a world-leading researcher in the field of ethnomycology.