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Diane Hirshberg
Diane Hirshberg is Professor of Education Policy at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). She also serves as Advisor to the UAA Chancellor on Arctic Research and Education. Her research interests include education policy analysis, indigenous education, circumpolar education issues, and the role of education in sustainable development.
Dr. Hirshberg has studied the boarding school experiences of Alaska Native students, teacher supply, demand and turnover, including the cost of teacher turnover in Alaska, and co-authored the Education chapter for the Arctic Human Development Report II. She has served as evaluator for a number of federally funded education reform initiatives in Alaska and beyond, and currently is the North America lead for the Arctic Youth-Sustainable Futures project, funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Dr. Hirshberg sits on the International Arctic Social Sciences Association Council and the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) Board as well as the steering committee for the NSF-Funded Arctic FROST RCN. She teaches in the UAA Honors College, the College of Education, and in the Master of Public Administration Program in the College of Business and Public Policy. She has a PhD in Education from UCLA, a Master’s of Public Administration from Columbia University, and two bachelor’s degrees from UC Berkeley. She also heads the Cal Alumni group in Alaska.
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