Interdisciplinary work – Alaska Voices

Paths to the Arctic converge in coproduction

February 2, 2026

A Native Alaskan woman and and a man with dark hair smile at the camera in front of a photshopped background of mountains.

“A lot of what I’ve learned is the academic history of exploitation of communities in the Arctic. Iʼm trying to teach myself as much as I can such that when I’m in a position that I am leading a project, that I have input to make sure that things are done correctly” -Margaret Anamaq Rudolf

Translating and curating climate data for everyday use

January 26, 2026

White text on a blue background reads Alaska Voices, Stories from the far North. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Gold star in the top right corner.

“I would encourage people to not despair in this prospect of an unknowable climate future. We have tools, good tools, to get an idea of what might be coming.”
-Charlie Parr

Partnering with communities for reciprocal research

December 29, 2025

Two women smile in front of a photoshopped background of a Sitka marina.

“There’s this history of research happening, disregarding those pieces, and I’m really excited about this as a mechanism to shine a light on that, and ask those questions: does this work really need to be done? Are you willing to invest in the relationships with the community to ensure that your work is meaningful to the people who live here, and if not, then maybe we need to think twice about it.” -Lauren Bell

Supercomputer as stepping stone

December 22, 2025

Two men wearing similar glasses and t-shirts smile in front of a photoshopped background of the Mount Katmai volcano.

“I was always interested in technology, ever since I was a little kid. I remember the first computer my dad bought us was an old Compaq and he thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.”
-Bob Torgerson

Lightning, wildfires, and Martian ice

May 3, 2021

Kathy and Matt smile at the camera in front of a photoshopped background of a river shrub-covered mountains.

“We asked them if they could tailor their models from the Martian landscape to Earth permafrost landscapes and from there we developed some early calculations of impacts of climate change on permafrost.” – Cathy Wilson

Partnerships

September 21, 2020

Erin and Joanna smile in front of a blueberry bush.

“As a leader you’re not there to tell people what to do. You’re there to support them succeeding at what they already can do best or helping them learn to do something better.”

Building bridges with sea ice

September 7, 2020

Two women smile in front of a close-up picture of a snowflakeʼs ice crystals.

“I think as humans, especially when it’s in our backyard, we want to feel like we have a process, that we have ownership in that, and we have agency to make our voices heard.”

Fireside chat

July 20, 2020

Kent and Scott smile in front of a snoy mountain.

“The key for us is being able to justify and ground decisions in good science.”

Reflecting after a Commencement handshake

June 25, 2020

Dan and Diane, the chancellor and a student, smile at the camera in front of a photoshopped background of the University of Alaska campus.

“We currently are the world leader in Arctic research. No other university, and really no other federal government around the world, does more research on the Arctic than University of Alaska Fairbanks.”