Founding Director,
Renaissance of the Earth
Director, Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Associate Professor, English
Arts & Academic Programs Coordinator
Artists & Makers
Founder, Milk & Honey Herbs
Artist in Residence, Fall 2026
Longing for Strangeness: Gardens, Monsters, & Other Third Nature Fables
Artist in Residence, Spring 2026
What Do Stars Sound Like?
Artist in Residence, Summer 2026
Winged Witnesses
Artist in Residence, Spring 2025
Seasonal Distortions: An Almanac for the Anthropocene
Fellows
Renaissance of the Earth Fellow
Studio Art (MFA Candidate)
College of Humanities & Fine Arts
Renaissance of the Earth
Teaching Fellow
Studio Art (MFA Candidate)
Workshop: “Wild Clay”
Renaissance of the Earth Fellow
Environmental Conservation
(PhD, Candidate)
College of Natural Sciences
Renaissance of the Earth
Teaching Fellow
Studio Art (MFA Candidate)
Workshop: “Wild Clay”
Renaissance of the Earth Fellow
English
& Applied Plant and Soil Science
College of Humanities & Fine Arts
Stockbridge School of Agriculture
Renaissance of the Earth Fellow
Horticulture
& Sustainable Food and Farming
Stockbridge School of Agriculture
Renaissance of the Earth Fellow
Forest Resources
& Arboriculture (MA)
College of Natural Sciences
Renaissance of the Earth Teaching Fellow
Poet & Educator
Courses: “Writing on Earth” & “Renaissance of the Earth in Verse”
Renaissance of the Earth Fellow
English
& Natural Resource Conservation
College of Humanities & Fine Arts
School of Earth & Sustainability
Visiting Scholars
PhD Candidate, Brandeis University
2025 Kinney Center Visiting Scholar
Professor, Politics, Economics, & International Studies
University of Hartford
Fall 2025 Kinney Center Visiting Scholar
UMass, Class of ’99
Fall 2025 Kinney Center Visiting Scholar
Scholars
Provost Professor, Earth, Geographic, & Climate Sciences
Director, Elements
Five College Visiting Associate Professor, Music History
Associate Professor, Public Policy
Director of Graduate Studies
Senior Lecturer, Viticulture & Plant Pathology
Massachusetts State Geologist
Research Assistant Professor,
Earth, Geographic, & Climate Sciences
Provost Professor, English
Creaturely Collaborators
Sheep
We graze the land as part of Sustainable Ewe Mass
DeeR & Fawn
We play a crucial role in maintaining the health and diversity of the Center’s ecosystems … and occasionally snack on apples in the orchard
am I a Hawk or Falcon?
As key players in the wildlife of the Center, we’re the hardest to catch on camera!
Bees
We collaborate with the UMass Bee Keeping Club, who welcome us every year with new hives on the Center grounds so we can work hard at pollinating the apple blossom trees
Bunnies
We work all summer eating everything the Fellows plant in the garden — we also build our forms in the garden, because it is a safe place for our baby “kits”
Nematodes
I’m part of a lively microscopic world of creatures roaming beneath your feet. The lives of wriggly nematodes help to balance the soil in all kinds of ways. Visit the Blog “Life Underground” in which we play staring roles.