I am a historian based in Seattle. Currently my research focuses on the Salish Sea but my work has taken me many places, including the Pribilof Islands, Kodiak, French Polynesia, Hawai‘i, Oregon, California, Florida and Bahamas, Galápagos, Brazil,  Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, and throughout Europe and Canada. I am affiliate faculty at the University of Washington-Tacoma. I serve on the Northwest Regional Council of the National Parks Conservation Association.