Headshot of Kimberly BergKimberly Berg

Kimberly Berg is a Ph.D. candidate at the State University of New York at Albany, in the Department of Anthropology, with a concentration in Cultural Anthropology.  Her research interests include the politics of heritage, heritage networks, minority and diaspora nationalism, and identity.  Kimberly recently returned from fieldwork in the Patagonian region of Argentina, where she worked with the Welsh diaspora community to understand the ways that the community consolidates local resources, as well as gains assistance from entities in the homeland, to maintain a distinct regional heritage.  Kimberly obtained her M.A. from the Department of Anthropology at Iowa State University (2011) with a concentration in Cultural Anthropology, where she explored Welsh nationalist ideologies as they are presented through industrial heritage site narratives in the north of Wales.  She received Iowa State’s Excellence in Research award for this project.  Kimberly finished her B.A. magna cum laude in Cultural Anthropology from Minnesota State University, Mankato (2007).  Her other interests include applied work with developmental disabilities planning agencies, to infuse culturally and linguistically competent practices throughout mental and behavioral health and DD service delivery systems.

Headshot of Danielle RingerDanielle Ringer

Danielle Ringer is from Homer, Alaska and received her B.A. degree in Anthropology/Sociology from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She is currently pursuing her interdisciplinary Master’s degree in the Sustainability of Rural Fishing Communities and working as a research assistant on the Graying of the Fleet in Alaska’s Fisheries: Defining the Problem and Assessing Alternatives study in Kodiak, Alaska. Danielle focuses on how rural community development strategies and a better understanding of issues impacting commercial fishermen can aid in the sustainability and health of coastal people and places. She plans to graduate this summer and looks forward to incorporating these interests in her future work.