Faculty
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Regular faculty

Olga Skinner, Ph.D.
Alaska Indigenous Teacher Corps: Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
Regular faculty

Joan Hornig, M.F.A.
Department Chair, Elementary Education; Associate Professor and Fieldwork Coordinator
UAF School of Education

Carol Barnhardt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Emeritus; Coordinator Undergraduate Pathways & Elementary Advising
UAF School of Education

Robin Child
Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education

Elizabeth Greninger, Ph.D., P.M.P.
Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
Gruening 701B

Joseph Kenney
Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education

Samantha Royer
Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
Adjunct faculty
Sandi Immel-Boyd
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
By appointment

Kathy Ruppert, B. Ed.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
By appointment

Judy Tolbert, M.Ed.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
Regular faculty

Amy Broadwater, Ph.D.
Department Chair, Counseling; Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education

Valerie Gifford, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UAF School of Education



Adjunct faculty
Kathryn (Kate) Conway, M.Ed.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education

Brenda Jean Henze-Nelson, M.Ed.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
By appointment
Alexandria (Alex) Morris, M.Ed.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education


Hillary Turner (Wilson), M.A., NCSP
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
By appointment
Regular faculty

Leah Brown, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education

Angie Busch Alston, M. Ed.
Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education

Ute Kaden, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
UAF School of Education
Adjunct faculty

Judy Tolbert, M.Ed.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
Regular faculty

Tara Maltby, M.A.Ed., BCBA
Department Chair, Special Education; Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education

Brooke Freeburg, M.Ed.
Assistant Professor
UAF School of Education
Adjunct faculty