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
