This website has grown out of a collaboration and workshop held on UAF’s Troth Yeddha’ campus in August 2022, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The workshop hosted 40 UAF faculty for 3 days of programming with experienced facilitators. These faculty integrated their learning into their courses and have helped build a more active and inclusive culture at UAF.
Steering Committee
Diane McEachern, PhD
Professor of Rural Human Services, Kuskokwim Campus, UAF
dmmceachern@alaska.edu
Kendell Newman Sadiik
Faculty Development Manager, UAF Center for Teaching & Learning
klnewman4@alaska.edu
Retchenda George Bettisworth, PhD
Professor of Social Work, UAF
rbgeorgebettisworth@alaska.edu
LaVerne Demientieff, PhD
Professor of Social Work
lmdemientieff@alaska.edu
Jessica Black, PhD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Rural, Community, and Native Education
jcblack@alaska.edu
Robyn Henry, MSW
Professor of Rural Human Services, Interior Alaska Campus, UAF
rmhenry@alaska.edu
Jacque Tagaban
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, Kuskokwim Campus, UAF
jctagaban@alaska.edu
Sally Samson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Yup’ik Language and Culture, Kuskokwim Campus, UAF
spsamson@alaska.edu