UAF student earns Fulbright scholarship
May 4, 2011
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Catherine Chambers, a doctoral student in the University of Alaska Fairbanks fisheries program, has received a Fulbright scholarship to study northern fishing communities and how they adapt to change.
Chambers will study in Iceland from September 2011 to May 2012. She will compare how people involved in fishing in both Kodiak and Iceland experience environmental, social, economic and political change.
“Catherine is a highly qualified student and engaged citizen poised to make a significant contribution to interdisciplinary and international fisheries social science and resource management,” said assistant fisheries professor Courtney Carothers, Chambers’ advisor.
Chambers began her doctoral studies at UAF in 2009 as one of only four graduate fellows in the interdisciplinary Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic program. The MESAS program is a National Science Foundation-funded Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program, also known as an IGERT.
The Fulbright Program was founded by U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946 and is a highly competitive, merit-based grants program for international educational exchange. Forty-three Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes and 78 have won Pulitzer Prizes. According to the Fulbright Program website, more Nobel laureates have received Fulbright awards than any other award program.
About SFOS
The School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences conducts world-class marine and fisheries research, education and outreach across Alaska, the Arctic and Antarctic. 60 faculty scientists and 150 students are engaged in building knowledge about Alaska and the world's coastal and marine ecosystems. SFOS is headquartered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and serves the state from facilities located in Seward, Juneau, Anchorage and Kodiak.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Catherine Chambers at 907-474-5863 or cpchambers@alaska.edu. Courtney Carothers, assistant professor of fisheries, 907-474-5329 or clcarothers@alaska.edu.
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