- B.A. Hamphire College, 2010
- Ph.D in Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment, University of Vermont, 2020
BIO
Kristian works to bring together artistic practice, ecology+evolutionary science, and the environmental humanities into collaborative research and art exploring the ways the lives of humans and other beings are entangled. In practice, Kristian researches relationships between humans and insects using genetics and computational biology, teaches science, art and the humanities in academic and community classes, writes on the theory and practice of building kinship with other species, and creates artwork in the form of large interactive installations of 鈥済host lanterns鈥 which serve as contemplative memorials for those species who have been lost or are in decline due to human activity, collaborative performance, such as the River Clyde Pageant, and a monthly mini-zine, Unfolding Connections, on the topic of multispecies relating. Kristian is also developing a practice of multispecies artmaking exploring intersubjectivity titled, "Art for Fish."
Courses
SEP2060 Kincentric Ecology
NR2650 Environmental Literature, Arts, & Media
NR2400/NR2401 Introduction to Environmental Statistics
ENVS1500 Introduction to Environmental Studies
Publications
Area(s) of expertise
statistics, environmental humanities, entomology, art, zines, ecological philosophy
Bio
Kristian works to bring together artistic practice, ecology+evolutionary science, and the environmental humanities into collaborative research and art exploring the ways the lives of humans and other beings are entangled. In practice, Kristian researches relationships between humans and insects using genetics and computational biology, teaches science, art and the humanities in academic and community classes, writes on the theory and practice of building kinship with other species, and creates artwork in the form of large interactive installations of 鈥済host lanterns鈥 which serve as contemplative memorials for those species who have been lost or are in decline due to human activity, collaborative performance, such as the River Clyde Pageant, and a monthly mini-zine, Unfolding Connections, on the topic of multispecies relating. Kristian is also developing a practice of multispecies artmaking exploring intersubjectivity titled, "Art for Fish."
Courses
SEP2060 Kincentric Ecology
NR2650 Environmental Literature, Arts, & Media
NR2400/NR2401 Introduction to Environmental Statistics
ENVS1500 Introduction to Environmental Studies
Publications
Areas of Expertise
statistics, environmental humanities, entomology, art, zines, ecological philosophy