Unearthed is an online literary magazine published by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and run by undergraduate student editors working in collaboration with the Writing Program and ESF Communications staff. The journal focuses on works that define the environment as what Glen Mazis calls “surround”–the natural and social world that species share. We honor the legacy of SUNY-ESF’s original print creative journal, Ecologue and seek to publish work in the genres of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and artwork. We especially encourage works in new media and those that blend genres such as photo and video essays. To have your work considered for publication, please see the submit page.
Executive Editor
Besides serving as Executive Editor, Kurt serves as Interim-Writing Program Director at SUNY-ESF. He teaches courses in Digital Editing and Publishing and Research Writing. To feed the muse, he runs trails, cooks spicy food, and meditates.
Student Editors
Colette is a Senior at SUNY-ESF with a major in environmental policy, planning, and law and a minor in environmental writing and rhetoric. She is also the President of the Student Environmental Education Coalition (SEEC) and loves teaching kids about environmental issues. In the future, she sees herself working in local government and enjoying her two corgis and a tiny house on a homestead.
Yocasta is a Senior at SUNY-ESF with a major in environmental studies. She is an aspiring environmental journalist, interested in environmental justice.
Tom is a Senior at SUNY-ESF with a major in environmental studies and a minor in environmental writing and rhetoric. He grew up in Clifton Park where he adopted a passion for animals and writing.
Terrance is a Junior at SUNY-ESF with a major in environmental biology and minors in environmental writing, and rhetoric and Native Peoples and the environment. In the future, he hopes to work in education outreach,teaching people about plants and the environment.
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Fareya is a Senior at SUNY-ESF with a major in biotechnology and a minor in environmental writing and rhetoric. Her favorite animal is a penguin and she can’t go a week without Pakistani cuisine. After college she wants to pursue a career in the health field and specifically research mental illnesses that stem from empathy-deficit disorders.
Hunter is a Sophomore at SUNY-ESF with a major in environmental biology. One of her favorite places to be during the fall is on the top of Mount Beacon looking out at all the colors of the changing leaves.
Chris is a Senior at SUNY-ESF with a major in environmental science and a minor in water resources. Chris has been working as a researcher at the Upstate Freshwater Institute in Syracuse as part of the Onondaga Lake cleanup effort. He has also researched aquatic optics for use with remote sensing techniques since 2005.
Casey is a Junior with a major at SUNY-ESF in environmental education and interpretation and a minor in environmental writing and rhetoric. She tutors in the ESF Writing Resource Center and interns with Baltimore Woods Nature in the City program. Fun fact: Casey once licked a meteorite.
Stephanie is a Sophomore at SUNY-ESF with a major in environmental education and onterpretation. She has a big heart and a “save the world mentality”- she just doesn’t know what that means yet. She hopes to one day pursue a career in editorial management. For now, she’ll just keep writing.
Kim is a Junior at SUNY-ESF with a major in conservation biology and a minor in environmental writing and rhetoric. After graduation she plans to work with elephants.
Bethani is a Senior with a major in environmental biology. She was born in England and can alternate between two accents. She says she uses an American accent at school and an English accent around her family.
Cass is a Senior with a major at SUNY-ESF in environmental chemistry. She participates in a fellowship program for indigenous scholars through the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, which allows native students to develop leadership skills and to learn about environmental issues prevalent among indigenous communities.
Emma is a Junior at SUNY-ESF with a major in environmental resource engineering. Although the majority of her time is spent playing with numbers, in her free time she enjoys writing and cavorting with her rats.
Contributing Editors
Thanks to Claire Dunn (ESF Communications Director), Joel Shaw, Karen Moore and Wendy Osborne (ESF Communications Staff) for their help in editing copy, and designing the journal. Thanks to Emily Thiel, the Writing Program’s Graduate Assistant, for her help in organizing tasks and promoting the launch party for Unearthed. Thanks to Benette Whitmore, Christina Limpert and Patrick Lawler for serving as awards editors.
