2018-2019 Course

2018-19 Cohort - Community Teams

Belcourt, North Dakota

2 - Turtle Mountain Community College

Eielson, Alaska

1 - Crawford Elementary

Fairbanks, Alaska - Chinook

3 - Chinook Montessori Charter School

Fairbanks, Alaska - Denali

2 - Denali Elementary School

Fairbanks, Alaska - AINE

1 - Association of Interior Native Educators

1 - Hutchison High School

Kamuela, Hawaii

3 - Olohana Foundation

Helena, Montana

1 - St. Andrew School

Homer, Alaska

3 - Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies

Koyukuk, Alaska

3 - Ella B. Vernetti School

Metlakatla, Alaska

2 - Boys and Girls Club of Metlakatla

Nanwalek, Alaska

2 - Native Village of Nanwalek

1 - Nanwalek School

Pilot Point, Alaska

1 - Pilot Point Tribal Council Environmental Program

1 - Pilot Point Tribal Council

Polson, Montana

2 - Linderman Elementary

Portland, Oregon

2 - MT Scott Learning Center

Shishmaref, Alaska

3 - Shishmaref School

1 - Native Village of Shishmaref

Tok, Alaska

2 - Alaska Gateway School District

Two Rivers, Alaska

1 - Two Rivers Elementary

Utqiagvik, Alaska 

1 - Ilisagvik College

Course Primary Instructors:

Dr. Elena Sparrow, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dr. Katie Spellman, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Malinda Chase, Association of Interior Native Educators & Alaska Regional Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison at the Alaska Climate Center 

Teaching Assistant:

Christine Keill, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Travel and Logistics:

Tohru Saito, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Guest Instructors and Speakers:

Sam Demientieff, Elder Speaker and Knowledge Holder (Holy Cross / Fairbanks)

Clara Anderson, Elder Speaker and Knowledge Holder (Rampart / Fairbanks)

Kalani Souza, Elder Speaker and Knowledge Holder (Hawaii)

Bonnie Murray, NASA Langley Education

Kevin Hussey, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Maxine Dibert, Association of Interior Native Educators

Candace Kruger, Birch Bark Local Expert

Brian DeWilde, Birch Bark Local Expert

Dr. Dave Verbyla, School of Natural Resources & Extension, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Stanley Edwin, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dr. Kenji Yoshikawa, Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dr. Christa Mulder, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Richard Buzzard, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks\

Dr. Javier Fochesatto, UAF Geophysical Institute

Guests:

Emily Stone, writer and educator, Cable Natural History Museum, Cable, Wisconsin

Kelly Kealy, evaluator, Goldstream Group LLC.

Angela Larson, evaluator, Goldstream Group LLC.

Bobbi Bevacqua, Western Washington University, Arctic REU Scholar