Dr. Rachel Donkersloot holds a degree in Anthropology and brings more than a decade of research experience in rural fishing communities across the North Pacific and North Atlantic. Her research concentrates on fishing community sustainability, rural well-being, marine resource governance, and contemporary youth in the Global North. She currently lives in Palmer, Alaska, and manages her own research and consulting firm, Coastal Cultures Research.

Dr. Courtney Carothers is an Associate Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research program partners with communities to study human-environment relationships, fisheries privatization processes, cultural values, equity, and well-being. Her research, teaching, and service works to advance goals of equity and decolonization in science, education, and resource management.

Dr. Jessica Black holds a doctorate in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. She currently holds a faculty appointment at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development and Tribal Management. Her research focuses on the intersection of governance and well-being, especially as it pertains to management of natural resources such as salmon.

Danielle Ringer holds a MA in Political Ecology of Fisheries and works as a Research Associate for the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research focuses on holistic understandings of relationships between fisheries access and well-being within fishing communities, as well as processes to further incorporate human dimensions into fisheries resource management. Danielle grew up in Homer and now lives in Kodiak, Alaska.

Jesse Coleman is a PhD candidate in Fisheries at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She joined the SASAP project in 2017 as a research technician, specializing in data analysis and visualization for the R1 Sociocultural and R2 Wellbeing working groups. Jesse is interested in synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data to better understand the sociocultural, political, economic, and biological dynamics of human-environment systems.

Erika Gavenus is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia's Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and she holds a MSc in Global Health and Environment. Her research considers the mechanisms through which coastal communities access local food resources, and how changes to access affect wellness. Erika grew up in Homer, Alaska and took part in the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fisheries.