Lorraine Eckstein, Ph.D.

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Organization: Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)
Job Title: Research Anthropologist
Job Function: Administrative, Researcher
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Location: Anchorage

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National & International, Alaska

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Biography: Lorraine Eckstein, Ph.D. is a cultural anthropologist (European-American) who volunteered as a technical writer, researcher, and administrator first at Greenpeace and then at ACAT (1993-1999). In 2000 she joined the ACAT staff, and supports most projects with her administrative, analytical, research, and technical writing skills. Lorraine has thirty-years of experience in research administration with expertise in the application of economic, sociological, and psychological models. She specializes in qualitative research methods, ethics with human-subjects research, medical research, and investigative report writing. Before coming to ACAT, Lorraine taught college and owned writing and research businesses (including jury consultation). She holds a doctorate from the University of Washington in Seattle (1990), a master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis (1979), and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri, St. Louis.

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