Virgene Hanna
Director, Kids Count Alaska, Survey Research Director
Candidate for Ph.D. in Natural Resources, University of Michigan.
M.A., Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, 1985.
Bachelor of Liberal Arts, California State University at Sonoma, 1973.
Phone: (907) 786-7712
Fax: (907) 786-7739
E-Mail:anvh@uaa.alaska.edu
Map to my office
Virgene Hanna designs and directs surveys to collect primary data on public policy issues. She also directs the Kids Count Alaska program, a multi-year project reporting on the health and safety of Alaska children.
Selected Publications
Understanding Barriers to Health Insurance of Uninsured and Sporadically Insured Alaskans. Rosyland Frazier, Virgene Hanna, Meghan Wilson. April 2007
An Assessment of Safety Belt Use In Alaska Summer 2003. Virgene Hanna. 2003
Kids Count Alaska data books 2001-present
Environmental Guidance and Support for Small Businesses. Virgene Hanna, Rosyland Frazier, and others. September 1998
Current Funded Research
Kids Count Alaska data collection and annual book production. Kids Count Alaska provides citizens and policymakers with current data needed to make informed decisions about priorities, services, and resources affecting Alaska's children, families, and communities .Funding Agency: Annie E. Casey Foundation.