About

Tamamta, a Yup’ik and Sugpiaq word meaning 'all of us', is centered on elevating 14,000+ years of Indigenous stewardship and bridging Indigenous and Western sciences to transform graduate education and research in fisheries and marine sciences.

In the Tamamta Program we are trying to transform our whole approach to education, research, and management. Our team builds on years of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary work to address pressing questions of equity and sustainability of life and relations in Alaska. Our fellows use a co-production of knowledge (bridging Indigenous and Western knowledge systems) approach to explore key questions in our fisheries and marine and ocean systems.

Tamamta Fellow Elizabeth Mik'aq Lindley (Yup'ik) holds a sayak

(red salmon) on the Kuskokwim River, 2017

About

We are Tamamta

Nice to meet you! We hope you can join us.

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Dr. Courtney Carothers

Professor, Fisheries

Dr. Jessica Black

Assistant Professor, Alaska Native Studies & Rural Development

Dr. Charlene Stern (Gwich'in)

Vice Chancellor for Rural, Community and Native Education

Dr. Peter Westley

Professor, Fisheries

Dr. Ginny Eckert

Professor, Fisheries Director, Alaska Sea Grant

Dr. Trent Sutton

Professor, Fisheries

Dr. Brenda Konar

Professor, Marine Biology Director, Institute of Marine Science, Coastal Marine Institute

Dr. Jessica Glass

Assistant Professor, Fisheries

Dr. Seth Danielson

Associate Professor, Oceanography

Dr. Arleigh Reynolds

Professor, Clinical Nutrition Director, Center for One Health Research

Carrie Stevens

Associate Professor, Tribal Governance

Dr. Andrew "Andy" Seitz

Professor, Chair of Dept. of Fisheries

Dr. Amanda Kelley

Assistant Professor, Marine Biology

Dr. Gwenn Hennon

Assistant Professor, Biological Oceanography

Dr. Morag Clinton

Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Donna Hauser

Research Assistant Professor; Science Lead, Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub

Dr. Sarah Trainor

Associate Professor, Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems; Co-Director, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy; Director, Alaska Fire Science Consortium

Dr. Claudine Hauri

Research Assistant Professor, Chemical Oceanography

Dr. Megan McPhee

Associate Professor, Fisheries

Kevin Illingworth, J.D.

Professor, Department of Tribal Governance

Dr. Todd Brinkman

Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Wildlife

Dr. Franz Mueter

President’s Professor of Quantitative Fisheries and Ecosystems

Dr. Ana Aguilar-Islas

Associate Professor, Chemical Oceanography

Dr. Erik Schoen

Research Assistant Professor, International Arctic Research Center

Dr. Curry Cunningham

Assistant Professor, Fisheries

Dr. Kay McMonigal

Assistant Professor, Oceanography

Dr. Ellen Chenoweth

Research Assistant Professor, Marine Biology

Dr. Sonia Ibarra

Tamamta Program Coordinator

Dr. Hekia Bodwitch

Assistant Professor of Marine Policy, UAS

We welcome additional UAF faculty to join us.

If you are interested, we will share our program proposal and schedule a meeting to ensure

alignment of goals and perspectives.

Send us an email at info@tamamta.org

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Program Support

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The Tamamta Program is supported by the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) and Navigating the New Arctic programs (NRT: NNA: Tamamta (All of Us): Transforming Western and Indigenous Fisheries and Marine Sciences Together; award number 2022190).

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