CIS Academic Council

The Academic Council of CIS was created to provide academic oversight which will ensure that students have access to education that is responsive to community, program, and individual student needs.

 

CIS Department Chairs

CIS Department Chair/Co-Chair/Vice Chair CIS Course Designators
Alaska Native Language Center

Sam Alexander (chair)

ANL = Alaska Native Language

INU = Inupiaq

YUP = Yup'ik

Alaska Native Studies & Rural Development

Debbie Mekiana (chair)

Jennifer Adams (vice-chair)

ANS = Alaska Native Studies

RD = Rural Development

Center for Cross Cultural Studies

Mike Koskey (chair)

IS = Indigenous Studies

Community Based Science

Claudia Ihl (chair)

Brian Rasley (vice-chair)

ENVI = Environmental Studies

HLRM = High Lat Range Man

SCIA = Science Applications

EBOT = Ethnobotany

OH = OneHealth

Tribal Governance

Kevin Illingworth (chair)

Carrie Stevens (vice-chair)

 

TG = Tribal Governance

Social and Human Development

Sue Fallon (chair)

Veronica Plumb (vice-chair)

ECFS = Early Childhood and Family Studies

HUMS = Human Services

RHS = Rural Human Services

Workforce Development

Teisha Simmons

 APAR = Applied Arts