Emily Eliza Scott is an interdisciplinary scholar, artist, and former park ranger who holds a joint professorship in the History of Art and Architecture & Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon. She is coeditor of The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Climate Change (2021) and Critical Landscapes: Art, Space, Politics (2015), and author of numerous essays on contemporary art and design practices that engage pressing political ecological issues, often with the intent to actively transform real-world conditions. She is currently developing a monograph on art that tracks environmental violence as it’s writ into land, air, and water.