Sveta Yamin-Pasternak

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Sveta Yamin-Pasternak

Term assistant professor

University affiliation

  • Department of Anthropology
  • Institute of Northern Engineering
  • University of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Fairbanks (Fairbanks)

Contact information

Media contact

University Relations

Areas of expertise

  • Humanities
  • Social and behavioral science

Research interests/biography

Yamin-Pasternak is a cultural anthropologist who studies how foodways in Northern communities interact with the local climate, built environment, family and community relations, ecology, and aesthetics. She is also a world-leading researcher in the field of ethnomycology.