Stacey Fritz

Stacey Fritz, PhD, is a longtime Fairbanks resident and an applied anthropologist of arctic infrastructure. Previously with the Cold Climate Housing Research Center and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Alaska Campus, Stacey now manages Alaska Adaptable Housing and works to advance sustainable housing for northern residents. Stacey conducts housing security research, infuses social science insights into innovative building projects, and helps navigate remote Arctic logistic challenges. She is experienced in facilitating tribal consultation, outreach to communities, sociocultural impact and environmental justice analyses, and mitigating impacts of industrial development. Her doctoral thesis at the University of Alaska Fairbanks traced the legacies of the DEW Line in the western Arctic, she spent a decade working in public land management in the Arctic, and she contributes to articles and other publications.