Anchored Histories

Marie Acemah of See Stories, will facilitate this course. Marie received an MA from Columbia University in International Educational Development, and a BA from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has fifteen years’ experience as an educator and a decade of experience leading teacher trainings around the globe from Kaktovik to Liberia, and from Uganda to Nebraska. She is the Founder / Director of See Stories, a nonprofit that builds inclusive communities with film and story, and has led documentary film and teacher training projects throughout Alaska

Gabrielle will support participating educators to shape their students’ “first encounter” with primary sources, supporting educators to think carefully about who their students are and what issues are important to them. Gabrielle is an Instructional Archivist at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. In this role, she partners with faculty to develop courses and archives research assignments for both undergraduate and graduate students. Gabrielle earned her M.A. in Public History and MLIS with a concentration in Archival Studies and Preservation Management from the University of South Carolina. She also holds a B.A. in History from the University of Montevallo.

Anjuli is a writer and historian who grew up on a fish site on Kodiak. In her words: “I am a public historian, museum curator, published writer, radio producer, former teacher and non-profit development professional. Mostly I am a chronic instigator of multi-format public arts and humanities projects.” Anjuli will lead a session about how to be a scrappy primary source researcher whether utilizing the Library of Congress digital collections or local sources, and how to use objects as primary sources.

Dr. Graves serves as Associate Professor of Social Work at Simmons University. Dr. Graves has taught with See Stories previously about how to engage students in learning that translates into positive action, and in this course he will engage teachers in using Library of Congress primary sources to teach critical consciousness and support student agency.

Dr. Ross is Iñupiaq and is a former CEO of an Alaska Native Corporation. Dr. Ross brings her expertise on the Edward Curtis collection as well as her personal story as a descendent of people photographed by Edward Curtis. She will engage the group in anti-racist work / Indigenizing primary source work.

Dr. Haakanson will engage participants on how to have a critical lens with primary sources and will share his own story researching his Sugpiaq history. He is an Aluutiq anthropologist from the village of Old Harbor, and currently serves as Curator of Native American Anthropology at the Burke Museum & Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Dr. Haakanson brings his passion for studying Indigenous cultures through archival research and finding ways to empower youth through historical research.