Professor of Economics

Ph.D. Washington University
M.A. Washington University
B.A. University of Missouri

aflh@cbpp.uaa.alaska.edu





Dr. Huskey joined the UAA faculty in 1977, after three years as an economist in the planning department of the Municipality of Anchorage. Dr. Huskey has studied the economy of Alaska with particular emphasis on the state's rural economy. Dr. Huskey served as chair of UAA's Economics Department from 1989 to 1999. He currently serves the University on the Honorary Degree Committee. He has also served on the Teaching Excellence Committee, the Faculty Compensation Committee, the Social Science General Education Committee and the Polaris Lecture Committee. Dr. Huskey recently served on the Anchorage School District Economics Curriculum Committee and the Alaska 2000 Social Studies Standards Committee. He has served on the Governor's Housing Policy Development Committee, the Rural Small Business Round Table, the Anchorage Economic Development Commission and the Alaska Council on Economic Education. Dr. Huskey was also a member of the Scientific Committee of the OCS Advisory Board for the U.S. Department of the Interior. He is also a program organizer for the Western Regional Science Association and a reviewer for numerous journals and publishing organizations.


 

Adventures in the Alaska Economy

Adventures in the Alaska Economy is a helpful, visual guide of economics.  Laid out in a comic book style, this publication was developed to increase students' understanding of basic economic concepts and of the historical development of Alaska's economy.  This is historical fiction.  Major events such as the Klondike gold rush and the rise and fall of the Bering sea whaling fishery occurred as described.  This was a collaboration between Dr. Huskey and Dr. Jackstadt.