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. | |
 Associate Dean of the Alaska College of Education 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. | |
Program Faculty | |
 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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 Associate Professor of Education Phone: (907) 796-6029, Fax: (907) 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 | |
 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 of Special Education Phone: (907) 796-6140 Email: gpsampson@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus BiographyDr. Greg Sampson is a social and behavioral scientist, primarily working in the special education program at AKCOE. His areas of interest are in educational assessment and diagnostics, psychometric research, and learning interventions. Sampson has extensive experience as both an educational practitioner and a researcher. PhD: Oregon State University | |
 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 | |
 Assistant Professor of Elementary Education Phone: 907-796-6076 Email: jspink@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Juneau Campus | |
 Assistant Professor of Education and Early Childhood Education Phone: 907-262-0357 Email: rrdahlman@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Juneau Campus OtherJoint Appointment with Kenai River Campus | |
 Associate Professor of Education Phone: 907-486-1223 Email: kldeal@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Juneau Campus OtherJoint Appointment with Kodiak College | |
 Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership Phone: 907-940-0008 Email: khanisch@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Juneau Campus BiographyKim Hanisch, Assistant Professor in our Ed. Leadership Program, and joins us with years of experience in many roles as a professional educator. Her background includes middle and high school teaching experience, served as an Alaska Statewide New Teacher Mentor, was involved as a professional development trainer, and served as principal with Bering Strait School District and Director of Services and Educational Specialist with Reinventing Schools Coalition (Marzano Research Corporation). Recently she was Director of Instruction and Learning with Kodiak Island Borough School District. | |
Staff | |
 Administrative Manager for the AKCOE Phone: (907) 796-6429 Email: louisa.cryan@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Hendrickson Annex, 101C, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus Education
Affiliations
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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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 Assistant to the Executive 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.) (2015) Other | |
 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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 Academic Advisor: BA Elementary & BA Special Education Phone: (907) 796-6417 Email: mlnakamura@alaska.edu | |
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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 | |
 PITAAS Project Facilitator Phone: 796-6019, Fax: 796-6005 Email: drusselljensen@alaska.edu Alaska College of Education Mourant Bldg, 118, Juneau Campus Juneau Campus BiographyDavid is a UAS alumnus (BLA ʼ17) and enjoys learning Alaska Native languages, spending time in the outdoors, and traveling. Outside of work, he serves on the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation Board of Directors, Sealaska Corporation Southeast Region Shareholder Participation Committee, and Central Council Tlingit & Haidaʼs Native Connections grant program advisory board. Hours8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. | |
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, 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) | |
