Held at Tufts University, the Environmental Humanities Symposium brought together artists and educators at the intesection of the arts, science and the humanities. Representation included Tamiko Beyer, a poet, Min Hyoung Song author and chair of Boston College English Dept., Dr. Jerry Zee, Assitant Professor in the Anthropology Dept. at High Meadows Environmental Instititue at Princeton University, Eugenia Kisin, a visual anthropologist and Associate Professor of Art and Society at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Jessica Horton, Associate Professor of modern and contemporary Native North American Art at the University of Delaware, Natalie Doonan, a new media and performance artist, Mark Richardson, the Director of Horticulture for New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, MA, Dr. Susannah Lerman, a research ecologist with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Eli Brown an interdisciplinary artist focusing on queer ecologies, Adam Romero, an Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Washington Bothell, Erin Genia, a multidisciplinary artist educator and community organizer specializing in Indigenous arts and culture, and myself, a Professor of the Practice in Metal at SMFA at Tufts whos work focuses on Identity and sustainable practices in Jewelry.

Convenors: Alex Blanchette, Silvia Bottinelli, Emily Gephart, Patte Loper, Kate Risse, Modhumita Roy

Symposium made possible by: Tufts Green Fund, Tufts Office of the Provost, Toupin-Bolwell Fund, Center for the Humanities at Tufts, Environmental Studies Program, Department of English, Visual and Material Studies Deptartment, SMFA at Tufts University.