EDUCATION
Ph.D. Indigenous Studies, enrolled 2011. Candidate 2014 – University of Alaska Fairbanks- Dissertation: Alaska Native Leaders & Natural Resource Management
M.S. Anthropology, 2009. Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
Thesis: “Diversifying the Aleutian Economy: Aleut Resilience and Vulnerability in the Modern World”
B.A. Anthropology, 2005. Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
A.A. General Program,1998. University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus, Sitka, AK.
HONORS & AWARDS
Grant Awards
2015 – National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Improvement Grant
2014 – Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship
2011 – NSF Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic & Subarctic (MESAS) Fellowship
2005-2007 – NSF Research Assistant ISU Anthropology
Leadership and Recognition
2015 – 2017 – Co-Chair of Social Economic and Cultural Expert Group (SECEG) of the Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council – US Chairmanship.
2015 – Conservation of Arctic Flora & Fauna Working Group (CAFF) of Arctic Council, member
2014 – Gender Equality in the Arctic Planning Committee; EU ACCESS & ICE ARC Project Workshop Participant
2013 – Social, Economic and Cultural Expert Group to the Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council, member representing Aleut International Association
2012 – Student of the Year – The Aleut Corporation; Chancellors Advisory Committee, UAF Women’s Center, appointee
2005 – ISU Dean’s List; Student Anthropology Club President
1998 – UAS Sitka – Student Government Vice President
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
-University of Alaska Fairbanks and Anchorage
Adjunct Instructor – 2009-2016
ABUS 154- Human Relations, TM 193 – Innovative Ethnography,
ANS/ANTH 242 – Native Cultures of Alaska.
Invited Lectures – Human Dimensions of Environmental Systems, Aleut Adaptations, Alaska Native Perspectives, Introduction to Alaska Natives.
-Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Anchorage, AK- Traditional Foods Instructor Urban Unangax Culture Camp.
ETHNOGRAPHIC & OTHER FIELD RESEARCH
Alaska Native Leaders & Natural Resource Management – UAF 2015 – 2016
King Cove 100 Year Celebration – City of King Cove 2011
Belkofski Oral History Project – Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association 2007 – 2008
Thesis Fisheries Research – Idaho State University (ISU) 2006 – 2007
Aleut Research Project – Kansas University 2005 – 2006
Sanak Biocomplexity Project – ISU 2004
Subsistence Interviews in Eastern Aleutians – ISU 2004
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Participant – Arctic Science Summit Week, Fairbanks, AK March 2016
Senior Arctic Officials Meeting, Arctic Council Fairbanks, AK – March 2016
Sustainable Development Working Group Meeting, Barrow, AK – March 2016
Rep. – Aleut International Association, Arctic Frontiers, Tromso, Norway Jan 2016
Senior Arctic Officials Meeting, Arctic Council Anchorage, AK – Oct 2015
Sustainable Development Working Group Meeting, Chena Hot Springs, AK – Oct 2015
Delegate – Alaska Federation of Natives – 2015
Delegate -The Aleut Corporation Shareholders Annual Meeting – 2015
Participant – CAFF Biennial Meeting Whitehorse – 2015
Panel Moderator – Alaska Native Studies Conference – 2013
Director – King Cove Corporation Board of Directors 2013 – present
Advisory Committee – Unangam Tunuu Revitalization Committee – 2012-present
Coordinator – Urban Unangax Culture Camp Coordinator – 2008
Spokesperson to Washington DC for the Izembek Enhancement Act – 2007
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Fisheries Access Workshop – 2016
NSF Short Course in Research Methods and Institute for Research Design in Cultural Anthropology- Duke Marine Lab, 2013
Alaska Native Studies Journal Proceedings Editorial Board, 2013
Indigenous Peoples Council for Marine Mammals, Intern, 2013
Aleutian Islands Working Group, 2012 – present
Organization Committee for the Alaska Native Studies Conference, 2012-2013
Planning Committee for MESAS yearly retreat, 2012-2013
Co-Developer for Tribal Management course: TM 193 – Innovative Ethnography
Evaluator for the Tribal Management course: TM 193 – Practical GIS in Rural Alaska
UAF Supervisor Training Courses, October 2008 – April 2009
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Belkofski: The Story of our People. Dir. Liza Mack. Native Village of Belkofski, 2016. Film.
Fondahl, Gail, Filappova, Viktoriya, Mack, Liza. (2015). Indigenous People in the Arctic in The New Arctic. Springer International: Switzerland. B.Evengård et al. (eds.),
Mack, Liza. (2013). Native by Policy: How legislation contributes to dialogues about Indigenous identity in Transforming the University: Alaska Native Studies in the 21st Century. Mill City Press: Minneapolis, MN
Leonard, Beth; Breinig, J.; Carpluck, L.; Lind, S.; Williams, M.; Swensen, T.; Wright, M.; Roehl, R.; Pullar, G.; Mack, L.; Fast, P.; Drabek, A., Barnhardt, R. (Eds.) (2013) Transforming the University: Alaska Native Studies in the 21st Century. Mill City Press: Minneapolis, MN
Mack, Sean, Mack, Liza., Alessa L, Kliskey A. (2011). The Integration of Digital Terrain Visualization in Ethnography: The Historic Village of Belkofski, Alaska in Visual Anthropology. Vol. 24. n. 5.
2016 Native American Indigenous Studies Association Annual Meeting
2016 Alaska Native Studies Conference
2014 International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences
2014 Blondous Academic Center.
2014 The Aleut Corporation Annual Shareholders Meeting
2014 Aleutian Pribilof Islands Board of Directors Meeting
2014 Qagan Tayungin Tribe Shareholders Meeting
2013 Alaska Native Studies Conference
2013 Strait Talk for Science; Alaska Native Studies Conference
2011 Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium (poster)
2010 Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference
2008 Sand Point Culture Camp
2007 Society for Applied Anthropology
2006 Society for American Archaeology (poster)
2005 Alaska Anthropological Association
APPOINTMENTS & ADVISORY POSITIONS
Advisor – State of Alaska Salmon and People – 2017
Co-Chair SECEG – Sustainable Development Working Group 2015-2017
Fisheries Management Analyst – Aleutians East Borough 2015-2016
Secretary/Treasurer – King Cove Corporation – 2nd Term 2013-present
Chairman, Cook Inlet Native Head Start Policy Council, 2nd Term – 2015 – 2016
Adjunct Instructor – University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2015-2016
REFERENCES
Ernie Weiss – Director Department of Natural Resources – Aleutians East Borough – eweiss@aeboro.org
Dr. Ray Barnhardt – Professor of Cross-Cultural Studies, Emeritus – University of Alaska Fairbanks – rjbarnhardt@alaska.edu
Dr. Courtney Carothers – Associate Professor, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences University of Alaska Fairbanks – clcarothers@alaska.edu
Dr. Katherine Reedy – Associate Professor Anthropology – Idaho State University – reedkath@isu.edu
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