Noah Dennison received a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary social sciences from Franklin University in 2023. His undergraduate thesis investigated social-ecological systems throughout the region surrounding the Salish Sea and specifically centered relationships between declining canopy kelp populations, industrial development, and conservation culture throughout northwest Washington. In graduate school, Noah will return to the Pacific Northwest to continue his ethnographic fieldwork. His research seeks to improve our understanding of the myriad connections between mythology, meaning-making, and the more-than-human, as well as the influences of these concepts on ecological grief and environmental activism.

Research interests: environmental anthropology; multispecies ethnography; social-ecological systems; indigenous studies"