Alaska College of Education
Phone
- Information: 796-6076
- Information: 866-465-6424
- Dean of Education: 796-6050
- Information: uas.education@alaska.edu
Fax
- Education Fax: 796-6059
- Dean/Admin Fax: 796-6550
 Executive Dean of the Alaska College of Education Phone: 907-796-6050 Email: satwater@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, 101B, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus BiographyAtwater joined UA in Nov. 2014 after five years as superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, where he was named Alaska’s 2013 Superintendent of the Year. Prior to his work for KPBSD, Atwater taught secondary education and served consecutively as head teacher, curriculum coordinator and superintendent for the Lake & Peninsula School District in King Salmon, AK. Atwater’s experience with the Alaska education system extends to his own professional training, as he earned both his master’s in education and his doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. | |
 Interim Associate Dean Phone: 796-6563 Email: srchristian@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, HA 104, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/programs/mat-secondary.html EducationPh. D. Interdisciplinary Studies: Culturally Responsive Teaching - University of Alaska Fairbanks M.A. English - Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English B.A. English and Secondary Education - University of Montana BiographyScott 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 Assessment 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. | |
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 Assistant Professor of Education Phone: 796-6412, Fax: 796-6059 Email: smandrews2@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, 101E, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationM.Ed. - National- Louis University B.S. Ed. - Southwest Texas University Other
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 Assistant Professor of Education Phone: 796-6033, Fax: 796-6550 Email: habatchelder@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, Rm. 106, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education EducationM.A., Ph.D. - University of Central Florida B.A. - University of Florida | |
 Professor of Education Phone: 796-6082 Email: vgfredenberg@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, 101C, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationEd. D, M.S., B.S. - Montana State University OtherProgram Coordinator: M.Ed and Graduate Certificate, Mathematics Education | |
 Assistant Professor of Education Phone: 907-244-7807 Email: eahartley@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationPh.D. - University of Colorado, Boulder M. A. -University of Northern Colorado, Greeley B.A. - College of Santa Fe | |
 Associate Professor of Education Phone: 796-6481 Email: ajjones9@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, 101G, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ Education2018: Ph. D. Indigenous Studies, Research emphasis, U. of Alaska Fairbanks 2007: Master of Education, Educational Leadership K-12, U. of Alaska Anchorage 2006: Master of Education, Ed. Technology emphasis, U. of Alaska Southeast 1988: Bachelor of Education, Elementary with Natural Sciences emphasis, U. of Alaska Juneau Biography2010-Current: Associate Professor (tenure track), Elementary Education-UAS Alaska College of Education 2007-2010: Adjunct faculty UAS Juneau 2008-2010: Elementary teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools, Silver Spring, MD (Highland View ES-5th grade, Sligo Creek ES-2nd grade, long term sub nearly all year) 2005-2008: Federal Grant Coordinator, Alaska Native Education Program (ANEP) grants, including summer Native Science camp coordinator with the grants, Juneau, AK 2003-2009: 2015 Summer Camp Cultural Coordinator, Alaska Native Wisdom Enrichment Retreat (ANSWER) Camp-Sitka and Nenana (Western Science, Native knowledge) 1988-2000: Elementary (Auke Bay ES and Glacier Valley ES) and Middle School Classroom Teacher (Language Arts, Social Studies and Science - (Dzantik'I Heeni Middle School) 2000-2005: Middle School Physical Education Teacher (Dzantik'I Heeni Middle School) 1995-2004: Middle School Coach (competitive and intramural basketball, volleyball and track & field, Dzantik'I Heeni Middle School). HoursEmail preferences: ajjones9@alaska.edu | |
 Professor of Education Phone: 796-6404 Email: jllofthus@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, 107, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationPh.D., M.A., & B.S. - University of North Dakota OtherProgram Coordinator: Elementary Education: B.A. | |
Assistant Professor of Education Phone: 796-6053, Second Phone: 907-723-6543 Email: aalunda@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, 101B, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationM.Ed. - University of Alaska, Anchorage B.S. - University of Washington | |
 Assistant Professor Phone: 796-6435 Email: lrichardson3@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, 101C, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationPh.D. - University of Arizona M.A. - Middlebury College B.A. - Montana State University BiographyLisa 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 students 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. OtherProgram Coordinator: M.Ed. Reading Specialist and Reading Specialist Graduate Certificate | |
 Assistant Professor Educational Leadership Phone: 796-6283 Email: jschoenb@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, Room 101D, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationM.A. & B.A. San Jose State University | |
Associate Professor of Special Education Phone: 907-796-6098, Fax: 907-796-6550 Email: eewilliams5@alaska.edu | |
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 Data Manager Phone: 796-6219 Email: lnhall@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education, Institutional Effectiveness Hendrickson Bldg, 210, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus Education
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 Administrative Assistant to the Dean Phone: 796-6050 Email: kfcoonjohn@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, 101, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus EducationAssociate of Arts, General Education (A.A.) AffiliationsUAS Alumni & Friends Association PLEN (Public Leadership Education Network) OtherSupports: Dean of Education & Administrative Manager for School of EducationHoursM-F - 8:00a - 5:00p | |
 Student Services Assistant Phone: 796-6076, Fax: 796-6550 Email: e.g@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, RM 101, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationB.A. Social Sciences - University of Alaska Southeast BiographyElisabeth was born and raised in Fairbanks and moved to Juneau in 2009 to complete her Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences 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. In her free time enjoys playing with her dogs, video games, hiking, fishing, disc golfing, and gardening. | |
 Program Assistant Phone: 796-6424, Second Phone: 1-866-465-6424 Email: degraver@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, to the Annex, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ OtherSupports: Bachelors of Elementary Education, Reading Specialist, Special Education, Education Technology and Education Leadership Programs | |
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 Associate Vice Chancellor for Alaska Native Programs and Director of PITAAS Phone: 907-796-6058, Fax: 796-6005 Email: rcadientebrown@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Mourant Bldg, Native and Rural Student Resource Center , Juneau Campus Juneau Campus http://uas.alaska.edu/education/start.html EducationM.A. - Stanford University B.A. -Pacific University | |
 Indigenous Alaska Scholars Project Director Phone: 907-796-6019 Email: a.budd@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education, SRC: Native and Rural Student Center Mourant Bldg, Native & Rural Student Center, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus Education
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Emeritus Faculty | |
 Professor of Education, Emeritus Phone: N/A Email: marjorie.fields@uas.alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationEd. D -Arizona State University M.S. - Portland State University B.A. -Central Washington State University | |
 Professor of Education, Emeritus Phone: N/A Email: ll.oldaker@uas.alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education EducationEd. D. -University of Georgia M.Ed. -The College of William and Mary B.S. -Appalachian State University | |
 Professor of Education, Emeritus Phone: 928-710-4627 Email: jasonohler@gmail.com Alaska College of Education Juneau Campus ResearchPh.D - Simon Fraser University M.Ed. -University of Alaska Southeast B.A. - University of Toronto | |
 Professor of Education, Emerita Phone: 907-694-7019 Email: klspangler@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Juneau Campus http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ EducationPh. D., M. Ed., & B.A. -University of Washington OtherProgram Coordinator: Elementary Education: MAT (distance), Graduate Certificate Elementary Education, K-8 Endorsement Area (distance) | |
