School of Education 
Information: 796-6076
Information: 866-465-6424
Dean of Education: 796-6050
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 Secondary MAT Program Administrator Phone: 796-6563 Email: srchristian@uas.alaska.edu School of Education Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/programs/mat-secondary.html Scott Christian was a classroom teacher in rural Alaska for twelve years before moving to Juneau in 1996. At that time he was a research associate for the Annenberg Rural Challenge as part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education documentation effort. He also taught and supervised teachers for the UAS Secondary Master of Arts in Teaching program. His teacher research book, Exchanging Lives: Middle School Writers Online was published by NCTE in 1997. In 1998 he became the Director of the Professional Education Center at UAS where he wrote and administered the first PITAAS (Preparing Indigenous Teachers and Administrators for Alaska Schools) and ARCTIC (Alaska Reform in the Classroom through Technology Integration and Collaboration) grants. He also worked closely with Middlebury College and UAS administration and faculty to bring the Bread Loaf School of English to the Juneau Campus. The Professional Education Center also worked collaboratively with statewide UA faculty, school districts and the Dept. of Education and Early Development to build the Education Technology certificate and Master's degree programs, as well as the Reading Endorsement program. After leaving PEC, Scott served as the Director of the Alaska Distance Education Consortium, and the Director of the Assesment and Western Governor's University. He returns to UAS as the Program Administrator for the Secondary Master of Arts in Teaching Program. He arrives in Juneau with his wife Phuong, who works as an investment analyst for Enterprise Community Partners and their daughter Elsie who attends the Juneau Community Charter School. | |
 Professor of Education Phone: 796-6082 | |
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 Assistant Professor of Education Phone: 796-6481 Email: alberta.jones@uas.alaska.edu School of Education Juneau Campus Education: 2014-2015: PhD Candidate, Indigenous Studies, Research emphasis, U. of Alaska Fairbanks 2014-2015: Mellon Dissertation Fellowship Scholar, U. of Alaska Fairbanks 2008: Master’s of Educational Leadership K-12, U. of Alaska Anchorage 2006: Master’s of Elementary Education, Ed. Technology emphasis, U. of Alaska Southeast 1988: Bachelor’s of Elementary Education, Natural Sciences emphasis, U. of Alaska Juneau Career: Alberta started teaching at UAS in the fall of 2010. Prior to UAS, she was teaching in Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland), while teaching for UAS as an adjunct faculty professor. Before the metro DC experience, she retired from the Juneau School District. She spent 20 years teaching and coaching various middle school sports. She spent her last 3.5 years in public school coordinating various large federal Native education grants. Alberta also spent many summers designing and coordinating western science and Native ways of knowing camps for secondary students. Other: She greatly enjoys her doctoral program, as she is in the final phases of her research. Her Ph.D. dissertation research topic is entitled, Alaska Native Scholars: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Factors Influencing Ph.D. Atttainment. She is Tsimshian (killer whale phratry), Alutiiq, Hispanic, Russian, German, and Swedish. In addition to academia, she enjoys spending her free time with family. Alberta and Peter (husband) enjoy watching Bruce (sr.son) play high school basketball. She likes to play volleyball, enjoys traveling, and learning about other cultures. She greatly enjoys cooking and anything having to do with Jane Austen. She looks forward to having time to do other things following her Ph. D. attainment. Elementary Education | |
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 Professor of Education Phone: 796-6404 | |
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 Associate Professor of Education Phone: 796-6035 Email: chip.mcmillan@uas.alaska.edu School of Education Juneau Campus Program: Secondary Education and Alaska Studies | |
 Assistant Professor Phone: 796-6435 Email: lrichardson3@uas.alaska.edu School of Education Juneau Campus Lisa Richardson, Assistant Professor in the School of Education, moved to Juneau this past summer from Oakland, CA, where she was working as a Research Associate with the Strategic Literacy Initiative at WestEd Labs. Lisa received her doctorate in Language, Reading, and Culture from the University of Arizona, with a minor in Rhetoric and Composition. Her areas of research include disciplinary literacies, particularly the acquisition of academic language and literacy for stduents who are learning English as an additional language. Her work with immigrant and refugee students in Tucson, AZ, as well as her work with secondary students on a Navajo reservation in NM, inform both her research and teaching. Lisa is currently teaching graduate level courses in literacy for teachers in the Master's of Reading/Reading Specialist program. | |
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 Professor of Education Phone: 694-7019 Email: katy.spangler@uas.alaska.edu School of Education Juneau Campus Program: Elementary Education: MAT (distance), Teacher Certification (distance) | |
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 Student Services Assistant Phone: 796-6076 , Second Phone: 1-866-465-6424 Email: edgenaux@uas.alaska.edu School of Education Juneau Campus Elisabeth was born and raised in Fairbanks and moved to Juneau in 2009 to study at UAS. She previously worked at the Keith B Mather Library in the International Arctic Research Center for a year at UAF and then at the UAS Bookstore for over 4 years as a student assistant and fair trade specialist. She is continuing her degree in Social Sciences at the University and in her free time enjoys hiking, fishing, and disc golfing. | |
 Administrative Assistant Phone: 796-6424 Email: delores.graver@uas.alaska.edu School of Education Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ Supports Bachelors of Elementary Education, Reading Specialist, Education Technology and Education Leadership Programs | |
 Administrative Manager Phone: 796-6429 | |
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 Administrative Assistant to the Dean Phone: 796-6050 , Fax: 796-6550 Email: marie.stevens@uas.alaska.edu | |
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| ↑ Alaska’s Learning Network (AKLN) | |
 Alaska's Learning Network Director (AKLN) Phone: 796-6098 , Fax: 796-6166 Email: fcoenraad@uas.alaska.edu School of Education Juneau Campus | |
 Alaska's Learning Network Student Services Professional Phone: 796-6099 Email: mlnakamura@uas.alaska.edu | |
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| PITAAS Phones Information: 796-6058 Email | |
 PITAAS Director Phone: 796-6058 , Fax: 796-6005 | |
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 Village Teacher Coordinator Phone: 796-6004 Email: pcarlso6@uas.alaska.edu School of Education Juneau Campus Phyllis Carlson comes to the UAS Village Teacher Program from retirement. She has worked in programs related to educational efforts the majority of her working career. A 20 year employee of Central Council of Tligit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in programs such as Headstart, Supplemental Education K-12, and the Director of the Vocational Training and Resource Center. She was most recently employed by the State of Alaska in the Department of Education and Early Development where she served ad the Director of Rural Educaiton and Coordinator of Parents As Teachers. She a is a four term member of the Juneau Board of Education , serves as the Chair for Juneau's Community In Schools Coalition , and is a board member of the Juneau Alliance for Mental Health Inc. She has participated on a variety of community boards and advisory groups over the years, including the UAS MAT, Diversity Committee, PITAAS, and Campus Council. | |
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 Professor of Education, Emeritus Phone: N/A | |
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 Professor of Education, Emeritus Phone: N/A Email: jasonohler@gmail.com School of Education Juneau Campus | |
