Cross-cultural education – Alaska Voices

Designing accessible research for rural communities

September 28, 2020

Erica, a young woman with short brown hair, and Ryan, a man with a goatee and glasses, smile in front of an orange sunset sky.

“I think that the first thing that agencies have to acknowledge is there’s an extreme power imbalance between what value we put on scientific knowledge and what value we put on local knowledge.”

Collaborating with agencies, communities

September 24, 2020

Scott and Terry smile in front of an Alaskan sunrise/sunset timelapse.

“I’m more and more impatient with the slow pace of science and feel like at the rate the world is changing these days, we really need to make progress.”

Leveling the ivory tower

September 10, 2020

An older man and younger woman look at the camera. Behind them a wall of snow rises.

“As a mentor it’s important for me to advocate for my students, especially as undergraduates you really feel like you’re at the bottom and you have no power.”

Donning a flag for graduation

July 23, 2020

Jessie and Abraham smile at the camera in front of a photoshopped background of a grain field.

“If I were in Ethiopia right now, I would be in jail already, or probably I would be killed.”

Lessons on long drives and muddy trails

June 1, 2020

Christa and katie smile at the camera in front of a lake with mountains in the distance.

“I want to be one of those ladies that’s dirty every day and slugging through places without trails.”