Lisa
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, 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 and am a Fellow, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich (2019).
Mighetto
Venice
Sailing & Maritime History
First prize winner, "Special Places" contest, SisterShip Press
Selected Publications:
"Preserving Maritime Heritage in the Salish Sea," Cruising World (April 2021).
First Prize, "Special Places" Writing Contest, SisterShip Press - "An Island Called Hope." Appeared in SisterShip Magazine (January/February 2021).
"Five Easy Places: Island Gems of the South Sound," 48° North (July 2020).
"Sailing Into a Pandemic," Sailing Magazine (June 2020).
"Where the Birds Are," Cruising World (March 2020).
“The Anxious Mariner” appeared in the book Facing Fear Head On: True Stories from Women on the Water (e-publication and print): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HFTQ7JM?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9beb-4819111bef9a&pf_rd_r=1QSP6XGEK23RAA7DSY5J (2019)
"The Volunteer Experience - Toliva Shoal Race." Pacific Yachting (September/October 2008).
"Mermaids, the Pacific Fisherman, and the 'Romance of Salmon.'" Environmental History 10 (July 2005):532-537.
"Cruising with Friends in the South Sound." 48° North (March 2005).
“Sport Fishing on the Columbia River.” Pacific Northwest Quarterly (Winter 1995‑1996):5‑15.
“Salmon, Science, and Politics: Writing History for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.” The Public Historian (Fall 1995):17‑28.
My essay "The Anxious Mariner" appears in this anthology, part of the Women on the Water series.
When I set sail in Mexico with my family in early 2020, we never expected to emerge onshore in a pandemic (Sailing Magazine, June 2020).