Dalee Sambo Dorough
Assistant Professor Dalee Sambo Dorough

Dalee Sambo Dorough

Assistant Professor

Office: SSB 361
Phone: 786-4993
Email: dsdorough@uaa.alaska.edu

Biography

POSITION 

·Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of  
 Political Science, UAA

·United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous 
 Issues, Expert and Vice Chairperson

·United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous 
 Populations, Member of the Board of Trustees

·Human Rights Advisor, Inuit Circumpolar Council

EDUCATION 

Ph.D. in Law, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2002 

Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 1991 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS 

"Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Arctic Perspective." Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2011. 507-33. Print. 

"Inuit of Alaska: Current Issues." Polar Law Textbook. Copenhagen: TemaNord, 2010. 199-217. Print. 

"Rights of Indigenous Peoples." International Law Association Report. London: International Law Association, 2010. 834-923. Print. 

"The Significance of the Declaration for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and its Future Implementation." Making the Declaration Work: The Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Copenhagen: IWGIA, 2009. 264-79. Print.

"Human Rights." State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. New York: United Nations, 2009. 190-217. Print. Electronic at http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/sowip.html.
International Law Association, Committee on Indigenous Rights, Member 2006-present

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Branch of the International Law Association, Member 2006-present

Alaska State Advisory Committee, United States Commission on Civil Rights 2005-present

Final Jury, Indigenous Leadership Award 2000-present

International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs, Advisory Board