Photographer Taylor Roades and Roman Dial, Alaska Pacific University Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Biology, will host a conversation around the newly opened exhibition Alaska’s Rust Rivers. Gather for an informal viewing of the photography exhibition in the first-floor hallway, then join the community in the auditorium for conversation and questions with Taylor and Roman.

Taylor and Roman spent a week together in the western Brooks Range, alongside a group of multi-disciplinary scientists, collecting data and making images documenting one of the most dramatic effects of climate change on Arctic ecosystems: rust rivers. Free, registration recommended.

Taylor Roades is a Canadian photographer and artist. Her documentarian work focuses on people, places, and the environment in Western Canada and the Arctic. She often collaborates with scientists, policymakers, first nations members, and activists to share stories of land and water use, resource extraction, Indigenous rights, and climate change.
 
Roman Dial, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Biology, taught at Alaska Pacific University for 32 years. His most recent research combined quantitative and outdoor skills with fieldwork documenting climate change effects on ecosystems in Alaska's Brooks Range. He is also the author of two books: Packrafting: An Introduction and How-to Guide (Beartooth Mountain Press, 2008) and The Adventurer’s Son (Harper Collins, 2020).

Alaska's Rust Rivers: A Conversation with Taylor Rhoades and Roman Dial