Biography
Mara Kimmel is a faculty member in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage where she teaches courses in Comparative Politics, Law and American and Alaska Government. Mara is interested in issues of natural resources policy, human rights, environmental justice and environmental security.
AWARDS AND SERVICE 2010 Appointed Senior Research Fellow, Institute of the North, Anchorage, Alaska 2010 Appointed by Alaska Supreme Court Justice Winfree to the Access to Justice Court Committee 2008 Recipient, Chancellor’s Fund Award for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities 2005 Distinguished Service Award from the Alaska Bar Association 2003 Fellow, German Marshall Fund, American Marshall Memorial Fellow 2001 Appointed by Governor Knowles to the Governor’s Tolerance Commission
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Mara is an attorney by training. Her practice area focused on immigration and human rights law, and she represented asylum seekers and immigrant victims of violence. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mara worked with Alaska Native tribes on natural resource management and subsistence issues.
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