Bio

Dr. Cameron Carlson, the Dean, of the College of Business and Security Management at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks about the Artic region’s dynamic and emerging trends, focusing on environmental and geopolitical aspects. Dr. Carlson is the founding director of the UAF Homeland Security and Emergency Management program which focuses on those who either desire or are currently working within the homeland defense, homeland security, and or emergency management enterprise. He is also the founding director of the Center for Arctic Security and Resilience which bridged interdisciplinary academic and research scholarship for the growing diversity of security and resilience-related concerns such as human, national, climate, and energy security. Dr. Carlson is the founding and now co-principal investigator of the USNORTHCOM/ALCOM Arctic Defense and Security Orientation which is the primary educational program responsible for baselining DoD knowledge of the Arctic region through an operational focus. Dr. Carlson holds a bachelor’s in biology, a master’s in international relations, and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary programs—security and disaster management.