ISER director candidates to present job talks
by UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research |
The Institute of Social and Economic Research is hosting virtual presentations by two candidates for its Director position. Each will address “The ISER Director’s Role in Addressing Alaska’s Key Policy Issues Over the Next Decade.”
Members of the UAA community and the public are welcome to attend, and should register in advance.
- Dr. Diane Hirshberg, Wednesday, Nov. 10, noon - Register at bit.ly/ISER-DH-SD
- Dr. Scott Barclay, Tuesday, Nov. 16, noon - Register at bit.ly/ISER-SB-SD
Questions may be addressed to Dr. Marie Lowe, chair of the search committee: mlowe@alaska.edu.
About the candidates
Dr. Diane Hirshberg is Interim Director and Professor of Education Policy at ISER. She also serves as
Vice President Academic for UArctic, and sits on the Arctic Research Consortium of
the U.S. Board. Her research interests include education policy analysis, indigenous
education, circumpolar education issues, and the role of education in sustainable
development. She has studied the boarding school experiences of Alaska Native students,
teacher supply, demand and turnover, including the cost of teacher turnover in Alaska,
co-authored the Education chapter for the Arctic Human Development Report II, and
co-edited “Including the North: A Comparative Study of the Policies on Inclusion and
Equity in the Circumpolar North.” Dr. Hirshberg currently teaches in the Master of
Public Policy Program in the UAA College of Business and Public Policy. She has a
PhD in Education from UCLA, a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University
and two bachelor’s degrees from UC Berkeley.
Dr. Scott Barclay is the Director of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the New College
of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. He previously
served (in different rotations) as a Program Director in the Social Behavioral and
Economic Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation. He has held positions
at Drexel University, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), University at Albany,
University of Washington, and University of California Santa Cruz. His ongoing research
project explores the interplay of political, demographic and social movement factors
that influence the deployment of law. His research has been published in Law & Society
Review, Law & Social Inquiry, Political Research Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics
and Law and Policy. His research findings have been directly referenced in the New
York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. He received his doctorate in political
science from Northwestern University and his bachelor's degree from the University
of Queensland in Australia.
About ISER
The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) has been at the forefront of public policy research in Alaska for 60 years. It resides with the College of Business and Public Policy at the University of Alaska Anchorage. ISER’s multidisciplinary staff studies virtually all the major public policy issues Alaska faces. Its main research topic areas include the economy and fiscal policy, health, Arctic communities, natural resources and education.