Mary Ehrlander wins 2018 Alaskana Award

February 28, 2018

University Relations

Mary Ehrlander, director of the Arctic and Northern Studies Program and a professor of history, is the recipient of the 2018 Alaskana Award for her book “Walter Harper: Alaska Native Son."

A formal award presentation will take place at the annual conference of the Alaska Library Association on March 10 in Anchorage.

The Alaskana award was established in the early 1994 to honor outstanding adult fiction and nonfiction works about Alaska that make a significant contribution to the understanding of Alaska and that exhibit originality, depth of research and knowledge of the state.