Research associate professor

University affiliation

• Alaska Sea Grant
• University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks)

Contact information

• Email: dlholen@alaska.edu
• Phone: (907) 274-9697

Media contact

Heather McFarland

• Phone: (907) 474-6286
• Email: hrmcfarland@alaska.edu

Areas of expertise

• Indigenous studies
• Social and behavioral science

Research interests/biography

Davin Holen is the Alaska Sea Grant Coastal Community Resilience Specialist. Davin works to enable communities to adapt to rapidly changing ocean and climatic conditions and changing terrestrial landscape from Southeast Alaska to the Arctic. Holen's education is in anthropology and his expertise is in working with communities to enhance adaptation capacity and resilience. Prior to working for UAF, Davin spent 15 years conducting social science research and managing the subsistence program in southern Alaska for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.