PhD Candidate Diana Khaziakhmetova successfully passes her qualifying exams

PhD Candidate Diana Khaziakhmetova successfully passed her qualifying exams on Sept. 15, 2025. Diana studies Indigeneity and placemaking in urban Alaska (Fairbanks). Her exam covered questions converning data sovereignty, TEK and Indigenous methods, urban geography and ideas of growth, and the Indigenous sovereignty. Her committee is Mark Kear, Tristan Reader, Stephanie Carroll (Public Heath), and Andrew Curley as chair.