Occupational Endorsement Certificate in Ethnobotany now accepting students!
Students can now enroll in the new degree OEC Ethnobotany! Find more information here.
Ethnobotany popular at 2021 ONC Science and Culture Camp
In late July 2021, EBOT instructor Lisa Strecker joined the Ethnobotany instructor team, Sara Murray and Gloria Simeon, to work with local Elders and youth from all over the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Please have a look at the KYUK contribution by Kaylee King (Aug 27, 2021): Annual ONC Science And Culture …
Congratulations to our 2021 Graduates!!
In the 2021 UAF Kuskokwim Campus graduation ceremony, 23 students were awarded a Certificate in Ethnobotany; three students who had earned their certificate in 2020 were celebrated as well. Two more students earned a Minor in Ethnobotany (Shannon Cleary, Fort Wainwright and Shelby Clark, Tok). Congratulations to all of you!! …
2021 KuC Graduation Keynote Speaker: Gloria Simeon
Watch the 2021 UAF Kuskokwim Campus graduation keynote address by Yup’ik Elder and 2021 EBOT Certificate graduate Gloria June Al’apacuuk Simeon: Gloria Simeon keynote address. Please also read Gloria’s contribution to Speak Your Mind. Motivated by looming resource extraction projects in her region, Gloria Simeon reflected on her close relationship …
EBOT 100 Final Presentations!
Please join us for the final student presentations of the 2021 EBOT 100 Cohort! Friday, August 6, 6-8 pm via Zoom, Password: EBOT
EBOT 193 Ethnobotanical Internship at the Georgeson Botanical Garden
The Ethnobotany Program is pleased to offer an ethnobotanical garden internship in collaboration with the UAF Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and specifically, the Georgeson Botanical Gardens (GBG) in Fairbanks. The for-credit internship will take place in-person at the GBG from June 14 to July 16, 2021. For details, please …
EBOT at WAISC – Ethnobotany Meets Invasive Plants Management
Ethnobotany Meets Invasive Plants Management – Considerations for Western Alaska Gooseberry Peter, UAF Cooperative Extension program assistant for invasive plants and EBOT instructor Lisa Strecker jointly presented at the virtual Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum (WAISC), May 13-14, 2021. Abstract This presentation is the product of an ongoing …
EBOT Student Sundance Visser presenting at WAISC
Wild-Harvested Plants and Social Media The Cultural, Economic and Nutritional Value of Wild-Harvested Plants and How Social Media Can Help Shortly after earning her EBOT Certificate, Sundance Visser presented a poster of her work on Wild-Harvested Plants and Social Media at the virtual 2021 Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference and …
Wild Plants in Alaska’s Food System
My third project for Applied Ethnobotany is a research project about wild plants within Alaska’s food system. This blog post is an adaptation of my final paper for an introductory food systems class in the Prescott College Master’s in Sustainable Food Systems program, available here for feedback. Land Acknowledgement I …
Speaking of Anthropology featuring Ethnobotany on KSUA
The Ethnobotany Program was featured by UAF’s Anthropology Society. Dillon McIntire and Kevin Huo interviewed EBOT faculty Lisa Strecker for Episode 43 of Speaking of Anthropology. You can listen to the full recording on their website. Thanks to Dillon and Kevin for the opportunity to talk ethnobotany!