UAA ISER.

• Author: Gallion, Mari
• Position: University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research has appointed Gunnar Knapp, Diwakar Vadapalli, Mouhcine Guettabi and Matt Reimer - Brief article

Gunnar Knapp has been appointed director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), after acting as interim director since January. He is a long-time professor of economics at ISER, widely respected for his studies of Alaska's commercial fisheries and other aspects of the state's economy. Knapp has been on the ISER faculty since earning his PhD from Yale University in 1981.

ISER has broadened its research capacity in economics and public policy by adding three new faculty members.

Diwakar Vadapalli is an assistant professor of public policy at ISER. His PhD in social welfare is from Case Western...