Kellen is a Ph.D. Candidate, ABD status, at Oregon State University conducting a 12-month multispecies ethnography in the Columbia River Basin. My research interests include the nexus of wildlife-human conflict and institutional structures from a critical theory perspective. He draws from posthumanism, political-ecology, and decolonial ecology to ground his research in theory and practice. His current project is focused on the salmon-sea lion-human complex to unpack the relations between sea lions, salmon, and human groups. It is vitally important to explore ‘more-than-human’ worlds because it represents an ethical and epistemological challenge that opens researchers up to an underexplored ontology. His aims are to provide insights to the human dimensions of wildlife and apply my research to the fields of conservation policy and ecotourism. When he is not studying, he enjoys hiking, backpacking, and traveling with his partner to coastal towns, mountain regions, and the places in between.