Turn on 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org (and press the play button) to hear an interview Tuesday at 7 PM with Russel Barsh, biologist, ecologist, conservationist, and overall walking encyclopedia. Take a look at his life experiences:
- Harvard College, A.B. 1971 summa cum laude (thesis: Fijian agronomy & land tenure)
- Harvard Law School, J.D. 1974 cum laude
- University of Washington Assistant Professor, Business, Government & Society, 1974-1978
- University of Washington Associate Professor, Business, Government & Society, 1978-1984
- University of Washington Research Associate Professor, 1990-1992
- Royal Commission on Seals and the Sealing Industry (Canada), Member 1984-1986
- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (Canada), Research Team Leader, 1992-1994
- UN Development Programme, Consultant, 1992-1993
- University of Lethbridge, Associate Professor of Native American Studies, 1993-2000
- Harvard University, Visiting Lecturer in Law, 1996
- Office of the Treaty Commissioner (Canada), Senior Adviser, 1997-1998
- International Labour Office, Consultant, 1995-1999
- Dartmouth College, Gordon Russell Visiting Professor, Winter-Spring 1999
- New York University, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Law & Society, 1999-2002
- Samish Indian Nation, Center for Coast Salish Environments, Director, 2003-2006
- Kwiáht, Executive Director, 2006-present
- National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Scholar, 1988-1989
- Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Fellowships, 1992-1993, 1995-1996
- John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Writing Grant, 1996
- Jane Barfoot Hodde Historian of the Year, Orcas Island Historical Society, 2013
He has written or co-written over 150 papers and presentations, many with his partner Madrona Murphy. Here are some titles to give you an idea of his (and their) expertise:
- “Garry Oaks and Acorns in Native American Cultural Landscapes and Diets”
- “Juvenile Chinook”
- “Assessment of a novel Northern Flying Squirrel population at San Juan Island National Historical Park”
- “Foraging strategy, prey preferences and limited competition among forage fishes in the San Juan Islands; implications for Chinook recovery”
- “Climate change threatens net energy uptake, maturation, and reproduction of Pacific Sand Lance (Ammodytes personatus) in the central Salish Sea”
To top it off, Russel is joyful – a downright jolly human being who seems to love what he does.
This episode will appear on the Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper podcast after it airs on the radio. You can also find each weekly episode online on Amazon Music (tell your Alexa: “play the podcast Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper” and the latest episode will begin playing), ApplePodcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Podchaser, BoomPlay, and PodBean.
