My name is Emily and I grew up in Fairbanks. My family and I enjoy identifying plants on our hikes throughout Interior Alaska. Some of my favorite flowers are yarrow, wild roses, and twinflowers. I also greatly enjoy our annual blueberry and cranberry picking expeditions. I look forward to learning …
Hello! I’m a general education teacher over at Barnette Magnet. My husband and I made the journey from southeastern Georgia about 15 years ago now. Since, we’ve grown our family by 2 girls and multiple animals. Up to this point my botanical journey has been more of an observer of …
Hi My name is Ama. I am thirty years old, non-binary, and a friend of plants. This class will be my last class in the Occupational Endorsement program for Ethnobotany. Prior to enrolling at UAF, I pursued an interdisciplinary degree elsewhere, where I studied Anthropology, dance, Sociology, and business. I …
My name is Blake Spears. I am a senior Anthropology student. I am a biological anthropologist at heart and so all biology fascinates me; human, animal, plant, mushroom, you name it I wanna know what it’s working with. I currently live off Badger, but I am not originally from Alaska. …
Hey everyone. My name is Andrea and I’m a student at UAF. I’ve lived in Fairbanks for 3 years, originally from Dallas, TX. My major is Wildlife Biology and Conservation and this is the first science class I’ve taken so far. I’ve been away from school since… well, 1999, so …
Hello everyone! I was a classroom teacher before taking a position with the Ohio Department of Education. I taught Biology for a few years about 24 years ago…so as I watched the videos for this week, I had a sense of familiarity. I taught nomenclature, using dichotomous keys and my …
Hello everyone, my name is Emily Camp and I’m a 22 year old junior here at UAF. I am majoring in Wildlife Conservation Biology with a focus in Marine Biology. Even though I plan to work primarily with large mammals, I wanted to take this course because I work as …
Hey everyone, I’m located in Bozeman, MT and have been recently continuing my journey with the UAF Ethnobotany Certificate program; I think after this class there is one more class for me to do in the Fall semester. Other than that I’m not sure how or why else I would …
Greetings! My name is Julie Zundel. I grew up in Two Rivers (Alaska) and I now live in the Rosie Creek area (western part of Fairbanks near the Tanana river) with my two children and my husband. I have always enjoyed learning about plants – I worked in a greenhouse …
Hello all, my name is Amanda and I’m a Ph.D. student at UAF. I’m part of the collaborative Ph.D. program between UAF and UAA and, therefore, reside in Anchorage. For my dissertation I’m using stable isotope to construct food webs in order to develop ecosystem models, my focus is Beringian …
I recognize the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Pawnee, Omaha, Otoe-Missouria, and Osage Peoples on which I am living and learning today. I honor all the ancestral stewards of this land and their descendants by being a responsible steward of the land. I honor all the non-human People …
My name is Emily Becker and I live on Dena’ina Ełnena in Anchorage. Without much formal botany training, I depend a lot on flowers, leaves and colors to identify plants. I usually use a book or simple ID aid when I go to a new place. I enjoy going to …
Hello all, My name is Chelsie, and I live year round in Talkeetna. I’m originally from Buffalo New York, but I’ve been up here year round for 4 years now. I work for Denali National Park, as a seasonal ranger here at the Walter Harper Ranger Station. I also work …
Hi Everyone, My name is Treena Ivie. BIOL F190 is my second botanical course. I stumbled across the Introduction to Ethnobotany course as my first course back to school in 10 years. It seemed like a wonderful fit, as I have spent the last 6 years doing my own research …
Hello All! I’m Iris Harritt and I grew up in Southeast Texas right on the Gulf of Mexico. I graduated with a BS in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University and moved to Alaska 6 years ago! I recently finished an MS in Biological Sciences from UAF! I am taking …
