PRESIDENT

Rosita Worl, Ph.D.
President

Rosita Worl, whose Tlingit names are Yeidiklasókw and Kaaháni, is Tlingit, Ch’áak’ (Eagle) moiety of the Shangukeidí­ (Thunderbird) clan from the Kawdliyaayi Hít (House Lowered From the Sun) in Klukwan. Kaaháni serves as the president of Sealaska Heritage Institute.  SHI’s goals are to promote and enhance the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures and cross-cultural understanding.  She is an anthropologist and conducted research throughout Alaska and the circumpolar arctic and taught at the University of Alaska Southeast. Kaaháni has a Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University and a B.A. from Alaska Methodist University. She also holds an honorary Doctor of Sciences degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Dr. Worl has received many honors including the American Anthropological Association Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology. She has served on multiple national and statewide boards focusing on Alaska Native and Native American interests.

STAFF

Kaylin Anderson

Ali Arehart

Sydney Baines

Nancy Barnes

Molly Briggs

Mircea Brown

Brook Cinocco

Kaila Cogdill, Ph.D.

Crystal Cudworth

Heidi Davis

Hero Dawson

Emily Doll

Katelynn Drake

Kathy Dye

Ezra Elisoff

Robi Erickson

Carmaleeda Estrada

Amy Fletcher

Kristy Ford

Linda Frame

Amber Frommherz

Kathleen Galau

William Geiger

Gwen George

Elle Gray-Smith

Donald Gregory

Kari Groven

Arielle Halpern, Ph.D.

Tammie Hanson

Danielle Hass

Ernestine Hayes

Mckenzie Hyde

Lee Kadinger

Russell King

Danielle Koch

Nobu Koch

Ben Kriegmont

Johan Kugelmann

Jeff Leer, Ph.D.

Paul Leininger

Sara Little

Melanie Long

Victoria McKoy

Kelly Monteleone, Ph.D.

Kai Monture

Jared Olin

Tess Olympia

Emily Pastore

Shari Paul

Kristina Paulick

Natasha Phillips

Kaye Roldan

David Russell-Jensen

Christina Sabin

Jamie Shanley

Stasia Skonberg

Chuck Smythe, Ph.D.

Rebecca Soza

Kathy Starr

Kelsey Thompson

Natalie Troy

Stacy Unzicker

Leah Urbanski

Ray Watkins

Ricardo Worl

Jay Zeller

SHI Postdoctoral Fellows

Alyssa Bader, Ph.D.