Portland State University February 7-9 2015
Portland, OR
Bridging The Future
of Arctic Social Science Research
Proceedings

Sunday, February 7

7:30 to 9:00 pm

• Introduction and greetings by Karen Marongelle (PSU Dean of the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences)
• Greetings and insights from Sam Robinson (Vice Chairman, Chinook Indian
Nation) and Jordan Mercier (Grande Ronde Cultural Resources)
• Keynote presentation, "The Anthropocene in the North: Prospects, Potentials, and Threats," by Tom McGovern (Hunter College, CUNY)

McGovern Keynote

Monday, February 8

8:30 to 9:00 am • Plenary comments/introduction to Arctic Horizons, by Anna Kerttula, NSF/Arctic
Social Sciences Program 
4:00 to 5:00 pm • Plenary presentation on Indigenous Knowledge by Jon Waterhouse and Mary
Marshall (OHSU) 
Native Knowledge Plenary

Tuesday, February 9

8:30 to 9:00 am • Panel discussion, "Integrating Past, Present, and Future Human Ecodynamics in
Arctic Social Science Research", with Tim Kohler (Washington State University), Nancy Bigelow (University of
Alaska, Fairbanks), Ben Fitzhugh (University of Washington), Diane Hirschberg (University of Alaska,
Anchorage), and Breanyn MacInness (Central Washington University) 

1:00 to 2:00 pm

• Plenary recap, led by Virginia Butler (Portland State University)