UAF Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
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Jim Johnsen
Adjunct Professor, Political Geography
University of Pennsylvania, '06, Ed.D.
Jim Johnsen is the Senior Vice President of Administration for Doyon, Limited, the Interior regional Alaska Native corporation. Jim’s responsibilities include shareholder relations, human resources, information technology, strategic planning, and marketing and communications. Jim joined Doyon in 2008 after 12 years at the University of Alaska, where he served in several executives roles including Chief of Staff and Vice President of Administration. He serves on the faculty of the UA Geography Program and on numerous advisory councils at UAF and the UA system level. Jim holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, a master’s from the University of Chicago, and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife Mary, who leads the Hospice of Tanana Valley, have two grown children--Greta, the morning edition host on KUAC-FM in Fairbanks and Jakob, an Infantry officer in the U.S. Army.
contact: johnsenj@doyon.com
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