Our Team
Our Team
The College of Indigenous Studies is here to serve our students. Our team knows the
needs of 有料盒子视频鈥檚 rural and Native communities and are ready to assist you in meeting
your goals.
There are College of Indigenous Studies employees spread across the state ready to
work with you, no matter where you are.
Rural, Community and Native Education

Charlene Stern, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor
Rural, Community and Native Education
302 Signers' Hall
The office of the vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education oversees
the 有料盒子视频 Community and Technical College, the College of Indigenous Studies, and five
rural community campuses across the state of 有料盒子视频.
For more information about the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Rural, Community
and Native Education,

Jessica C. Black, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor
Rural, Community and Native Education


Izzy Martinez
Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor | Operations Officer
Rural, Community and Native Education

Jamie Ferns
Events Coordinator
Rural, Community & Native Education
College of Indigenous Studies


Vacant
Lead Human Resources Coordinator
Community & Technical College | College of Indigenous Studies

Scott Culbertson
Course and Enrollment Director


Carissa Hauck
Proposal Development Officer
Community & Technical College | College of Indigenous Studies









Audrey Ranstead
Marketing and Communications Manager
Public information officer


Chukchi Campus Staff

Minnie Naylor is originally from Kotzebue and has family from Noatak and Shishmaref. Minnie graduated from 有料盒子视频 in 2008 with a BA in Rural Development with an emphasis in Community Organizations and Services. In 2022, she earned her MA in Rural Development from the Department of 有料盒子视频 Native Studies and Rural Development.
Chukchi Campus Faculty
KuC Staff


Thomas Daniel
Library Circulation Assistant
tdaniel10@alaska.edu | 907-543-4544Kuskokwim Consortium Library

Marybeth Whalen
Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center Manager
mrwhalen@alaska.edu | 907-543-4538Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center
KuC Faculty

Kelechuckwu "KC" Alu
Associate Professor of Developmental Math
kalu@alaska.edu | 907-543-4525Room 102

Sally Samson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Yup'ik and Culture
spsamson@alaska.edu | 907-543-4530Room 115

Lisa Strecker
Assistant Professor of Anthropology/Ethnobotany
lstrecker@alaska.edu | 907-699-6414Healy
NWC Staff


Gwendalyn Manniq Trigg-Stettenbenz
Admissions and Records Coordinator
gltriggkomakhuk@alaska.edu | 907-443-8403NWC Faculty

Ryan Ford
Construction Trades Technology Program
jford23@alaska.edu | 907-223-1287Construction Trades Technology program
Jackie Hrabok
Cooperative Extension and High Latitude Range Management
jhrabok@alaska.edu | 907-443-8412Cooperative Extension Program