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Curriculum Vita

Mary F. Ehrlander P.O. Box 756460

Director, Arctic & Northern Studies University of Alaska Fairbanks

Professor of History Fairbanks, AK 99775

mfehrlander@alaska.edu

EDUCATION

B.A. Political Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1992

M.A. Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1993

M.A. Government, University of Virginia, 1995

Ph.D. Government, University of Virginia, 1999

Recipient of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship for graduate work on the Constitution

TEACHING and CURRICULUM DESIGN EXPERIENCE

University of Alaska Fairbanks:

U.S. History (Surveys 1 and 2) Fall 2001--present

Perspectives on the North (graduate) Fall 2001--present

20th Century History/Circumpolar North Spring 2002--present

Modern Scandinavia Spring 2003--present

Political Economy Spring 1996--2002

Introduction to Political Science Spring 1996

Introduction to Political Science (distance delivery) Fall 1995–Fall 1998*

Political Economy (distance delivery) Fall 1997--1998**

Citizenship, Leadership and Choice Fall 2002--2007***

Senior Seminar Leadership & Civic Engagement Sum 2004-2007****

Minor in Leadership & Civic Engagement

Teaching American History (ED691) Sum. 2006–Fall 2008

Canada 1867-Present Fall 2009, Sum 2011

The Circumpolar North: An Introductory Overview Fall 2012 – present +

* I significantly revised and updated this course.

** I designed this course for distance delivery.

*** Dr. Judith Kleinfeld and I designed this course.

**** Dr. Judith Kleinfeld and I designed this course, which was the capstone course to the Minor in Leadership and Civic Engagement. I taught it as an individual study in Spring 2005. We also designed, in collaboration with the Political Science, History and Rural Development departments, the Minor in Leadership & Civic Engagement.

+ I designed this course for distance delivery and piloted it in Fall 2012

Lathrop High School, Fairbanks, Alaska:

American Government Fall 1998 – 2001

World History Fall 1997 – 2001

Economics 1997-1998

PUBLICATIONS and RESEARCH

Publications:

Books:

Ehrlander, Mary F. Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2017.

Johnson, Albin. Seventeen Years in Alaska: A depiction of life among the Indians of Yakutat. Edited and translated from Swedish by Mary F. Ehrlander. Rasmuson Historical Translation Series. University of Alaska Press, 2014.

McBeath, Jerry, Maria Reyes and Mary Ehrlander. Education Reform in the American States. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing, 2008.

Ehrlander, Mary F. Equal Educational Opportunity: Brown’s Elusive Mandate. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2002.

Book chapters:

Ehrlander, Mary F. “Local Initiatives to Reduce the Incidence of Sexual Assault in the North.” In Arctic Summer College Yearbook 2016, edited by Brendan O’Donnell, Max Gruenig, Arne Riedel, 143-159. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing Company, 2017. .

Ehrlander, Mary F. “Campaigns, Elections and the Influence of Oil.” In The Political Economy of Oil in Alaska: Multinationals vs. the State by Jerry McBeath, Michael Berman, Jonathan Rosenberg and Mary Ehrlander, 57-82. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008.

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

Ehrlander, Mary F., and Brandon M. Boylan. "The Model Arctic Council: Educating Postsecondary Students on Arctic Issues and Governance through Simulation." International Studies Perspectives (2017): ekx005.

Ehrlander, Mary F. “A Winter Circuit of our Arctic Coast: Hudson Stuck's Literary, Ethnographic and Historical Masterpiece,” Alaska History 29, no. 2 (Fall 2014): 20-41.

Ehrlander, Mary F. "Edward Anton and Jenny Olson Rasmuson: Swedish Covenant Missionaries at Yakutat, Alaska History 28, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 40-61.

Ehrlander, Mary F. “The Paradox of Alaska’s 1916 Alcohol Referendum: A Dry Vote within a Frontier Alcohol Culture,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 102, no. 1 (Winter 2010/2011): 29-42.

Ehrlander, Mary F. “The Historical Roots of a Frontier Alcohol Culture: Alaska and Northern Canada,” Northern Review (Yukon College); 32 (Spring 2010).

Ehrlander, Mary F. “Alcohol Cultures in Finland and Alaska: Explosive Drinking Patterns and Their Consequences,” Northern Review (Yukon College); 27 (Fall 2007).

Book Reviews:

Moore, Stephen T. Stephen T. Moore, Bootleggers and Borders: The paradox of prohibition on a Canada-U.S. Borderland. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Book review by Mary F. Ehrlander in Pacific Northwest Quarterly.

Ringsmuth, Katherine. Tunnel Vision: The Life of a Copper Prospector in the Nizina River Country. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. Book review by Mary F. Ehrlander in Alaska History, 27, no. 2, (Fall 2012).

Mishler, Craig, ed. Crow Is My Boss, Taatsaa’ Shaa K’ exalthet: The Oral Life History of a Tanacross Athabaskan Elder. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. Book review by Mary F. Ehrlander in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Fall 2006.

Fortuine, Robert. “Must We All Die?”: Alaska’s Enduring Struggle with Tuberculosis. Fairbanks, Alaska, University of Alaska Press, 2005. Book review by Mary F. Ehrlander in Pacific Historical Review, 2005.

Other:

McBeath, Jerry, Maria Reyes, and Mary Ehrlander. “Educational Accountability: How Alaska Compares.” Report to the Alaska legislature. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Fairbanks (spring 2002).

Teaching Award:

Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching Award 2016. This is a $10,000 award.

Publication Awards:

Alaska Historical Society’s Barbara Smith Pathfinder Award for translation of Swedish Covenant missionary Albin Johnson's memoir of his time in Yakutat from 1889-1905 titled (in translation) Seventeen Years in Alaska: A Depiction of Life Among the Indians of Yakutat. The award recognizes contributions to the discovery and description of resources related to Alaska history. October 2015.

Washington State Historical Society’s Charles Gates Award for the best article to appear in the Pacific Northwest Quarterly in 2011 for the article “The Paradox of Alaska’s 1916 Alcohol Referendum: A Dry Vote within a Frontier Alcohol Culture,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 102, no. 1 (Winter 2010/2011): 29-42.

Conference Papers and Presentations:

“Walter Harper at Mount Hermon School: An Athabascan in Early 20th Century New England,” paper presented at the Alaska Historical Society and Museums Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, September 2017.

“The Model Arctic Council,” presentation for an Association of International Education Administrators during the Week of the Arctic at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, May 8, 2017 (with Dr. Brandon Boylan).

“Local Initiatives to Reduce the Incidence of Sexual Violence in the North,” paper presented at the Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, October, 2016.

“They’re Everywhere! They’re Everywhere! Swedes in turn of the century Alaska and the Klondike,” paper presented at the Alaska Historical Society and Museums Conference in Seward, Alaska, October 2014.

“’Lucky Swede’” John Brynteson: An Example of Swedish-American Identity,” paper presented at the 104th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, New Haven, March 2014.

“Walter Harper: A Portrait,” paper presented at the Alaska Historical Society and Museums Conference in Haines, Alaska, September 27, 2013.

“Sjutton År i Alaska / Seventeen Years in Alaska,” Swedish Covenant Missionary Albin Johnson’s Memoir of Yakutat, Alaska,” paper presented at the 103rd Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, San Francisco, May 5, 2013.

“No. 9 Above Discovery: How the Covenant Killed the Goose,” paper presented at the Conference of the Alaska Historical and Museums Society, Sitka, Alaska, October 2012.

“Iceland’s Nordic Drinking Culture,” paper presented at the 102nd Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Salt Lake City, 4 May 2012.

“Edward Anton Rasmuson and the Swedish Covenant Mission at Yakutat,” paper presented at the Conference of the Alaska Historical and Museums Society, Valdez, AK, September, 2011

“Historical Influences on Sámi Alcohol Culture,” paper presented at the 101st Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Chicago, April 2011.

“Through Wickersham’s Eyes: Alcohol in Alaska 1900-1920,” paper presented at the Conference of the Alaska Historical Society, Fairbanks, AK September 2010.

“Greenland's Experience with Alcohol 1721-1900,” presented at the 100th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study in Seattle, April 2010.

“Comparative Experiences and Responses to Alcohol Abuse in Northern Canada and Alaska,” presented at the 10th Reunion of the International Canadian Studies Institute, Seattle, Washington, 16 October 2009.

"Denmark's Alcohol Culture: The Nordic Outlier," presented at the 99th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2009.

“Implications of the Rise in Binge Drinking among Young Women in Scandinavia,” presented at the 98th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study in Fairbanks, AK, March 2008.

“The Influence of Oil Money on Elections in Alaska,” presented at the Western Regional Science Association Conference in Newport Beach, February, 2007.

“Strengthening Alaska’s Local Option,” presented at the Western Regional Science Association Conference in Santa Fe in February, 2006.

“A Comparative Analysis of Finland’s and Norway’s Alcohol Cultures,” presented at the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference in Portland, Oregon in May 2005.

“Liberalization of Finland’s Alkoholpolitik in the Context of European Union Integration,” presented at the Western Regional Science Association Conference in San Diego, California in February, 2005.

“Sweden’s Alcohol Culture from the Era of Liberty to Rationing,” presented at the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference in Rodondo Beach, California, April 2004.

“The History of Native Sovereignty in Alaska,” presented at the Pacific NW History Conference in Seattle, Washington, April 2002

“Native Sovereignty in Alaska: Conflict, Pragmatism, Compromise,” presented at the Western Regional Science Association in Monterey, California, February 2002

SPONSORED PROJECTS:

As PI:

$1,200 Schaible Memorial Cultural Enrichment Award; to bring an Arctic scholar from Tromsø, Norway to UAF to speak at and participate in the Model Arctic Council 2016.

$2,500 Schaible Memorial Cultural Enrichment Award; used to sponsor the visit to UAF of Russian Arctic policy expert Dr. Alexander Sergunin in October 2014; he will provide several lectures and lead other discussions

EPSCoR Buyout for one course for the year 2008-2009 to do research related to Alaska’s Local Option alcohol policy

$3,542 in 2007 as a Program Enhancement Grant from the Canadian Consulate for conducting Canada Days at UA

$3,708 in 2005 as a Program Enhancement Grant from the Canadian Consulate

for conducting Canada Days at UAF

As Co-PI

$11,400 in 2016 from EPSCoR to support the Model Arctic Council 2016 at UAF; I was Project Director on this UArctic-endorsed experiential learning exercise that engaged 65 students from throughout the world to UAF to simulate the work of the Arctic Council.

$35,000 in 2016 from NSF to support the Model Arctic Council 2016 at UAF; I was Project Director on this UArctic-endorsed experiential learning exercise that engaged 65 students from throughout the world in simulating the work of the Arctic Council at UAF.

$5,545 in 2008 as a Program Enhancement Grant from the Canadian Consulate for conducting Canada Days at UAF

$500,000 in 2005-2008 from the U.S. Department of Education to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and UAF for the Teaching American History Grant Program

$34,000 in 2005 from the Alaska Schools Research Fund for research on School Adaptations to High Stakes Testing in Alaska

$10,000 in 2002-2005 from FIPSE for participation in the FIPSE / AAC&U Arts of Democracy project

$42,355 in 2002 from the UA Natural Resources Fund for research on School Accountability in Alaska

$34,067 in 2002 from the UA Natural Resources Fund for research on The Political Economy of Oil in Alaska

SERVICE

University:

Director, Arctic & Northern Studies Program (2010-present)

Co-Director, Northern Studies Program (2006-2010)

Assistant Director, Northern Studies Program (2001-2006)

Chair, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Council (spring 2015 – present)

Chair, UAF Program Review Committee 2016

Member of UAF Program Review Committee (2014-present)

Member of UAF’s General Education Requirements Committee (GERC) (2012- 2014)

Member of UAF’s Faculty Committee on the Status of Women (2012- present)

Member of UAF’s Usibelli Award Selection Committee (2012)

Member of UAF’s Honorary Degree and Commencement Speaker Selection Committee (spring 2010 – spring 2012)

Co-chair of the UAF Graduate Academic and Advising Committee (2004-2005)

Member of the UAF Graduate Academic and Advising Committee (2002-2005)

Member of Advisory Board for Student Support Services (2003-2006)

Member of UAF’s FIPSE/AACU Arts of Democracy project team (2002-2005)

Member of the UAF Leadership Steering Committee/Task Force (2001 – 2011)

Community:

Member of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Fairbanks (actively engaged in MADD Coalition, which is studying possible public policy changes in the state to reduce DUIs)

Member of the Golden Heart Project: Off the Street and Into Treatment, a task force addressing problems related to chronic inebriates in the downtown Fairbanks area 2005 – 2010.

Member of the League of Women Voters of the Tanana Valley.

Professional:

Senior Editor, Northern Review 2012 –

Osher Lifelong Learning First Friday Lecture: “The Paradox of Alaska’s 1916 Alcohol Referendum: A Dry Vote within a Frontier Alcohol Culture,” Fairbanks, Alaska, February 6, 2015.

Taught Osher Lifelong Learning Course in spring 2004 and spring 2014

Executive Board, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study 2010 – 2013

Executive Board, Scandinavian Historians Society, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study 2011-2014

Organized a series of two public panel discussions titled The Press in a Civic Society, held in downtown Fairbanks in March 2017. The first panel included historians (myself and another) and political scientists. The second included journalists. I moderated both.

Co-organized and led a Model Arctic Council at Dartmouth College in June 2017. This 2.5 day program fell within the week-long Science & Diplomacy in the Arctic program that engaged 25 graduate and undergraduate students from U.S. and Canadian universities.

Co-organized and led the Model Arctic Council 2016 at UAF in March 2016. I was Project Director on this UArctic-endorsed experiential learning exercise that engaged 65 students from throughout the world to UAF to simulate the work of the Arctic Council.

Co-organized By the People: 100 Years of Representative Government in Alaska 1913-2013, a 3-day symposium held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in spring 2013

Northern Research Seminar Series: Conceived and spearheaded, together with the Alaska and Polar Regions Department at Rasmuson Library, a research seminar series; was principal organizer and moderator of one of two major public events in Fall 2010, a panel discussion on Pebble Mine entitled Pebble Mine: How Researchers Tackle Tough Questions held December 1, 2010; was principal organizer for the guest lecture of visiting Finnish historian Henry Oinas-Kukkonen titled “An American Vision of Settling Finnish Winter War Refugees in the Tanana Valley,” September 2011; was principal organizer of a public service presentation by science writer Ned Rozell “The wonder of it all, baby: the top 20 things you didn’t know about Alaska” in November 2011; presented lecture “Walter Harper: A Portrait” in February 2014; co-organized lecture by Hild Peters “Oral History in the Making: A Family Affair” in April 2014; co-organized lecture by Ross Coen, "'They are our property': How Alaskans viewed salmon as reflected in the Anthony J. Dimond Papers, 1937-1945," September 23, 2014; co-organized a lecture by Danish researcher Knud Michelsen on Danish-Greenlandic explorer Knud Rasmussen, “Danish Polar Explorer Knud Rasmussen – a brief orientation,” on September 5, 2017.

Spearheaded a series of events held March 9-10, 2004, March 7-9, 2005, March 23-24, 2006, March 19-23, 2007, February 27-28, 2008, and February 26-28, 2009 under the rubric Canada Days at UAF, which were designed to highlight common academic, political, economic and cultural interests between Canada and Alaska.

Assisted with organization of two symposia at Yukon College: Transcending Borders: A Public Symposium on Alaska and Yukon Land Claims (November 2008) and Governance Under the Midnight Sun (October 2009). I organized a group of students and faculty from UAF to attend and participate in these symposia.

Editorial Advisory Board, Pacific Northwest Quarterly 2007-2010

Co-organized the 98th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Fairbanks, AK, March 13-15, 2008

Graduate Advisory Committees Chaired: Degree Conferred

Barbara Murray Alaska Studies: A Handbook & Resource 2006 MA

Resource Guide for Teachers

Stacey Carkhuff Changing Communities: Alaska Highway 2009 MA

Project Jukebox

Amy Russell (co) A Storm Like No Other: Changes That 2009 MA

Shaped Seward Peninsula Communities

at the turn of the 20th Century

Lynne Snifka The Doctor, the Publisher & the Curmud- 2009 MA

geon: How Personalities, Politics and the

Press Set the Stage for Alaska Statehood

Tracey Smith Is Buying Local Better? A Literature 2010 MA

Review and Comparison of Production Loca-

tions and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for

Chicken Eggs Consumed in Fairbanks, Alaska

Eleanor Wirts Changes in Traditional Gender Roles Among 2010 MA

Alaska Natives: Their Effects on Purpose,

Direction, Identity and Family and Community

Structure

Leighton Quarles The Real War Will Never Get in the Books: 2010 MA

Constraints on War Correspondents During

World War II

Amanda Foote Fishing for tourists; cultural tourism and 2010 MA

its origins in Teslin, Yukon Territory, Canada

Birte Horn-Hanssen Visualizing the Present: Current Issues 2011 MA

Within Contemporary Sami Art – An Analysis

of Sami Artists and Their Art In Oslo, Norway

Rachel Gianni Abbott The Scandinavian Immigrant Experience 2013 Ph.D.

in Utah, 1850-1920: Using Material Culture

to Interpret Cultural Adaptation

Fatima Ochante (co) Understanding Institutional and Social Factors 2013 MA

Factors Relating to the Provision of Water

and Sanitation Services in Rural Alaska:

Perspectives on Self-Reliance from Nine

Native Villages of Interior Alaska

Hild Peters Where the Rivers Meet: The Life Story of 2014 MA

the Reverend Helen Peters of Tanana

Emily Russell Bounty in the Bering Strait: A Case for Proactive 2015 MA

Regulation in the World’s Next Chokepoint

Aaron Spitzer Confronting ‘Kymlicka’s Dilemma’: Settler 2015 MA

voting rights, Indigenous representation and

the 1998-99 electoral reapportionment in

Canada’s Northwest Territories

Ulyana Korotkova Rare Books as Historical Objects: A Case Study 2016 MA

of the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library Rare Books

Collection

Emily Main An Analysis of One Community in the Far North: 2017 MA

Simply Core Alaska

Emiko Furuya Xunaa Shuká Hít. The Tribal House in Glacier 2017 MA

Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

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