Executive Director, ANSEP - Matthew Calhoun
Matthew Calhoun
Executive Director of ANSEP
ANSEP
3211 Providence Drive Anchorage, AK 99508
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Matt Calhoun, Ph.D. (Athabaskan) has been selected as the new full-time executive
director of the (ANSEP).
A graduate of ANSEP, former program assistant director, and associate professor of
civil engineering at UAA, Calhoun has led ANSEP as interim executive director since
spring 2023.
In 2002, Calhoun became one of the first students to graduate with ANSEP after earning
a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from UAA. After working as a project/field
engineer across Alaska, he returned to ANSEP as a director to inspire more Alaska
Native students to pursue an education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Notably, Calhoun was one of the first students to earn a doctorate through ANSEP and
the first Alaska Native in the world to earn a Ph.D. in civil engineering. In 2015,
Calhoun was appointed as assistant director of ANSEP and assistant professor of civil
engineering at UAA, making him one of the university鈥檚 first Alaska Native tenure-track
engineering faculty members.