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October 28, 2022
Â黨ÊÓƵ Native governance, indigenous natural resource management, cultural competence.
October 28, 2022
Davin Holen is the Â黨ÊÓƵ Sea Grant Coastal Community Resilience Specialist. Davin works enable communities to adapt to rapidly changing ocean and climatic conditions and changing terrestrial landscape from Southeast Â黨ÊÓƵ to the Arctic. Holen’s education is in anthropology and his expertise is in working with communities to enhance adaptation capacity and resilience. Prior to working for UAF, Davin spent 15 years conducting social science research and managing the subsistence program in southern Â黨ÊÓƵ for the Â黨ÊÓƵ Department of Fish and Game.
October 28, 2022
Oral history; archiving audiovisual materials, Dene history and culture in Canada and Â黨ÊÓƵ, oral sources. Specializes in organizing and administering oral history projects and archiving and preserving audio and video interviews. Conducts training sessions for those interested in conducting oral history projects or students who wish to record and archive material in a specific project.
October 28, 2022
Areas of expertise include Â黨ÊÓƵ Native and Indigenous studies, Arctic Council, University of the Arctic, suicide prevention and film production.
October 28, 2022
Heidi Rader is the tribes Extension educator for the Tanana Chiefs Conference region. In addition to teaching hands-on workshops in 30 remote villages in Interior Â黨ÊÓƵ, she also teaches online courses with a statewide reach.
October 28, 2022
Rasmus’ research focuses on understanding the intersections between culture, health, and well-being, and the role of resilience and protective factors in reducing health disparities among American Indian/Â黨ÊÓƵ Native peoples.
November 03, 2023
Expert in boundary spanning/co-production of science, climate adaptation, Indigenous studies, science education, social science
September 27, 2024
Expertise in cross-cultural communication, community resilience and futures studies. Teaches courses in humanities teaching methods and assessment and multicultural education. Research focuses on STEM teacher retention and mobility across Â黨ÊÓƵ.
November 07, 2025
Tribal law and policy in Â黨ÊÓƵ; tribal constitutions and written tribal laws; federal Indian law and tribal jurisdiction in Â黨ÊÓƵ; tribal justice systems; Indian land tenure in Â黨ÊÓƵ
November 07, 2025
Multicultural and Indigenous education, decolonization and Indigenist methods and methodologies, working with communities to help them document their cultural heritages, community well-being