Environment and Social
Change in Native
Communities of Arctic
Alaska
Research on rapid social change and the impacts of oil and mining development in bush
Alaska. Baseline surveys (1992, 1995) examined the aspirations and expectations of high
school students in 19 rural schools. Follow-up surveys (1993, 1999) provide opportunities to
compare baseline responses with the actual outcomes experienced after high school.
Demographic analyses connect the survey results with larger population trends in Alaska
and other Arctic regions. This research has been supported by grants from the Arctic
Social Sciences program of the U. S. National Science Foundation, 1991-99.
Principal Investigators:
Carole L. Seyfrit
Old Dominion University
University of New Hampshire
