Department of History
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Administration Bldg. 147B
Anchorage, AK 99508

Phone: (907) 786-1690
Fax: (907) 786-1778

scott.gavorsky@uaa.alaska.edu

I was born on 22 January 1971 in Ashtabula, Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie. I moved to the Atlanta area with my family in 1982. Before deciding on a career in academia, I spent 11 years working in geotechnical and environmental engineering, doing everything from soil testing for foundation design to the remediation of leaking underground storage tanks. As rewarding as the engineering work was, I ultimately decided it was not for me. I was more interested in why people made the choices they did. Hence my interest in history was born.

With this new goal in mind, I completed my A.A. at Dekalb College (now Georgia Perimeter College) in 1997, then moved to Oglethorpe University to complete my B.A. in History in 1999.