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Andre B. Rosay

Andre B. Rosay is a Professor of Justice and the Interim Dean for the College of Health at the 熊猫在线视频.  His research focuses on gender-based violence, in particular violence against American Indian and 熊猫在线视频 Native women and men.  He has tremendous experience working with practitioners and tribal communities to conduct community-based participatory research that influences policy and practice. He was a Visiting Executive Research Fellow in the Office of Research and Evaluation at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Under this fellowship, Dr. Rosay worked on NIJ鈥檚 program of research on violence against Indian women living in tribal communities.  Dr. Rosay鈥檚 most recent publication focuses on anti-racist and intersectional approaches in social science and community-based research.

Jessica Saniguq Ullrich

Jessica Saniguq Ullrich is an Inupiaq scholar, a tribal citizen of Nome Eskimo Community and a descendant of the Native Village of Wales. As an Assistant Professor at the 熊猫在线视频 in the School of Social Work, she focuses on the promotion of connectedness, wellbeing and relational healing. Jessica is currently engaged in efforts that involve digital storytelling with 熊猫在线视频 Native youth, culturally-based curriculum development, tribal child welfare prevention efforts, language revitalization and connectedness for systems change. Storytelling through research, education, and authorship is central to her work.

Haliehana Ala臐um Ayagaa Stepetin

Haliehana Ala臐um Ayagaa Stepetin is Unangax虃 from the Qigii臐un Tribe and was born and raised in her homelands/waters in the village of Akutan, 熊猫在线视频. She weaves together her transdisciplinary experience deeply shaped by the Unangax虃 subsistence cosmology she was raised within as an artist and scholar, Unangax虃 dancer, choreographer, performance artist, poet, and activist. Haliehana is a PhD Candidate in Native American Studies at the University of California Davis with a designated emphasis in Studies in Performance and Practice. She has a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies from the University of Washington Bothell (2018) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with a concentration on Russia (2016) from the 熊猫在线视频, where she serves as Instructor of 熊猫在线视频 Native Studies. Her research engages Native North Pacific perspectives on food sovereignty and environmental justice in dialogue with Unangax虃 subsistence performance(s) and sustainability protocols as interventions to the ongoing climate crisis.

Maria Shaa Tl谩a Williams

Dr. Maria Shaa Tl谩a Williams was born in Tikahtnu, or Anchorage, 熊猫在线视频, and is Tlingit.  She is of the Raven Moiety, Deishetaan clan. She received my M.A. and PhD in Music, specializing in Ethnomusicology from UCLA.  The title of her M.A. Thesis is: Clan Identification and Social Structure in Tlingit Music (1989) and the title of the dissertation is 熊猫在线视频 Native Music: The Spirit of Survival (1996).  Dr. Williams was a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in 1998 and researched surviving ceremonial music/dance in 熊猫在线视频.  She taught at the Institute for American Indian arts from 1993-1995, and at the University of New Mexico from 1999-2011 with a joint appointment in the department of Native American Studies and Music.  She moved home in 2011 and has been teaching at the 熊猫在线视频 since 2011 in the departments of 熊猫在线视频 Native Studies and Music, where she is a full professor.

Dr. Williams' publications include The 熊猫在线视频 Native Reader: History, Culture & Politics (2009); a documentary film on Athabascan Basket maker Daisy Stridzatze Demientieff (A Beautiful Journey 2009), and various articles on 熊猫在线视频 Native cultural revitalization. Her research interests include contemporary 熊猫在线视频 Native music and dance practices; 熊猫在线视频 Native history, the impact of colonialism and cultural revitalization.

Gabe Garcia

Dr. Garcia is a Philippine-born, 熊猫在线视频-grown, Professor of Public Health at University of 熊猫在线视频 Anchorage (UAA). He is also the Coordinator of UAA鈥檚 Master of Public Health Program. Dr. Garcia was the recipient of the 熊猫在线视频 Public Health Association鈥檚 鈥淪hort Term Service Award鈥� in 2002 and 鈥淭he Barbara Berger Excellence in Public Health Award鈥� in 2012. At UAA, Dr. Garcia has been awarded the Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Community Service, Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Diversity, and the Center for Community Engagement & Learning鈥檚 Community Builder Award. Dr. Garcia, along with a group of UAA faculty and students, were awarded the UAA鈥檚 Stewardship Award in 2014 and American Lung Association in 熊猫在线视频鈥檚 Breathe Easy Champion Award in 2015 for the group鈥檚 successful effort in making the University of 熊猫在线视频 system smoke and tobacco-free. In 2015, Dr. Garcia was appointed as one of the health commissioners of the Anchorage Health Department. Dr. Garcia鈥檚 research interests include health promotion and disease prevention, tobacco prevention and control, Asian and Pacific Islander health, and issues related to social determinants of health. He teaches courses in research methods, program evaluation, and health communications. More recently, Dr. Garcia has been involved in helping with the prevention and mitigation of COVID in the Municipality of Anchorage and the state through his research and evaluation.

Michele Yatchmeneff

Dr. Michele Yatchmeneff is an Unangax虃 woman who grew up living a traditional subsistence lifestyle in rural villages of King Cove and False Pass, along 熊猫在线视频's Aleutian chain. She has worked at 熊猫在线视频 since 2007, and as faculty since 2015 and was promoted to Associate Professor of Engineering this past summer. She has committed her career on improving 熊猫在线视频 Native success and was just hired to serve on UAA鈥檚 Chancellor鈥檚 cabinet in an inaugural position as Executive Director for 熊猫在线视频 Native Education and Outreach. Michele was, herself, an 熊猫在线视频 Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) Scholar at the 熊猫在线视频, where she earned a BS in Civil Engineering in 2005 and an MS in Engineering Management in 2009. After earning her BS, she began working in 熊猫在线视频's construction and engineering industry, specializing in water and sewer projects in remote villages across the state. She also served as ANSEP Deputy Director from 2007 to 2012.

Professor Yatchmeneff went on to her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University, focusing on motivation and success of pre-college 熊猫在线视频 Native STEM students. Her current research expands that doctoral work to focus on belongingness, 熊猫在线视频 Native education, preparation, and retention. In 2018, Michele received the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award, honoring her work on 鈥溞苊ㄔ谙呤悠� Native Belonging in High School Math
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Amana Mbise

Amana Mbise is an Assistant Professor of social work in the School of Social Work, College of Health, at the 熊猫在线视频. He has vast experiences in global health (HIV/AIDs and Malaria), refugee integration, and community development in Tanzania, Denmark, and the U.S.A. His scholarship centers on migration, human trafficking, and rights-based approaches to social work. Amana鈥檚 on-going and most recent works include an NIJ study on labor exploitation in 熊猫在线视频 and a Department of State funded grant to estimate the prevalence of human trafficking for domestic servitude in Tanzania. Currently, Amana is working with the 熊猫在线视频 Black Caucus to conduct the first health needs assessment for Black-Identifying 熊猫在线视频ns.

Rei Shimizu

Rei is an Assistant Professor at the 熊猫在线视频 School of Social Work. She holds a Master of Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work and a doctorate from New York University Silver School of Social Work. Rei's research aims to understand how psychosocial determinants of health such as poverty, mental health, and interpersonal relationship dynamics influence food-related decision-making and dietary outcomes among low-income young adults. Her research is inspired by the relational food narratives she encountered in her clinical work, providing trauma-focused therapy to those impacted by domestic violence (DV) in the United States and Japan. Her overarching professional goal is to expand the presence of social workers in developing, implementing, and testing community-based nutrition interventions using strategies that highlight resilience rather than deficits to mitigate dietary disparities and resulting health outcomes. She further hopes that social work research examining food behaviors through an equity lens can influence social welfare policies to promote universal access to nutritious food. She has also continued her involvement in DV research by examining the efficacy of court-mandated batterer intervention programs with a specific focus on restorative justice, promoting food as a vehicle of dialogue to address relational conflicts.

Sharon Chamard

Sharon Chamard is a Professor of Justice at the Justice Center in the College of Health at the 熊猫在线视频. She grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University-Newark.  Her main interest since beginning graduate school has been the interaction between the built environment and human behavior鈥攃rime in particular.  A related interest is problem-oriented policing. Since moving to Anchorage nearly 20 years ago and getting very involved in the Fairview Community Council and other community activities, her focus has grown to include homelessness, and more recently, climate change and how it is likely to affect urban communities in the sub-Arctic. She was a member of the Municipality of Anchorage Public Safety Advisory Commission for sixteen years and currently serves as the chair of the Data Committee of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness Advisory Council and as an advisor to the NeighborWorks 熊猫在线视频 Community Development committee.  She has published on the topics of homeless encampments and community-based approaches to addressing crime and other social issues.