Kelly P Bushnell, PhD 🌊
@drkelpy.bsky.social
Salish Sea Institute Fellow | ocean prof (lit, history, ecology) | Pacific + polar | feminist dive guide | nudi nerd | Seattle/Coast Salish Land | pubs/syllabi: kellypbushnell.com
📚 Current research: Cultural history of basking sharks in the NE Pacific!
📚 Current research: Cultural history of basking sharks in the NE Pacific!
Some quiet underwater moments from this week of good viz: perennial fave ratfish, Taylor’s sea hares so massive they weigh down their blades of eelgrass, and so many jellies that the entire surface layer felt like a big soft invisible ball pit.
June 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Some quiet underwater moments from this week of good viz: perennial fave ratfish, Taylor’s sea hares so massive they weigh down their blades of eelgrass, and so many jellies that the entire surface layer felt like a big soft invisible ball pit.
June 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
What’s the best fish in the Salish Sea, and why is it the Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis)?
January 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
What’s the best fish in the Salish Sea, and why is it the Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis)?
It’s the first day of Winter Quarter and I’ve got the best classroom in town!
BIOL110 is my interdisciplinary Salish Sea marine bio course, anchored in ecology but with an arts/hum kaleidoscope for a lens.
And happy to be at Highline supporting an 80% BIPOC and 60% first-generation student body!
BIOL110 is my interdisciplinary Salish Sea marine bio course, anchored in ecology but with an arts/hum kaleidoscope for a lens.
And happy to be at Highline supporting an 80% BIPOC and 60% first-generation student body!
January 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It’s the first day of Winter Quarter and I’ve got the best classroom in town!
BIOL110 is my interdisciplinary Salish Sea marine bio course, anchored in ecology but with an arts/hum kaleidoscope for a lens.
And happy to be at Highline supporting an 80% BIPOC and 60% first-generation student body!
BIOL110 is my interdisciplinary Salish Sea marine bio course, anchored in ecology but with an arts/hum kaleidoscope for a lens.
And happy to be at Highline supporting an 80% BIPOC and 60% first-generation student body!
Happy Hanukkah! We’ve lit our whale menorah in Virginia, Bahrain, Florida, and now Seattle! 🐳🕎
December 28, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Happy Hanukkah! We’ve lit our whale menorah in Virginia, Bahrain, Florida, and now Seattle! 🐳🕎
This photo is from three weeks before her death. I’ll miss her forever. We can —we must— honor her life by continuing her work toward decolonization. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ. (3/3)
December 27, 2024 at 2:05 AM
This photo is from three weeks before her death. I’ll miss her forever. We can —we must— honor her life by continuing her work toward decolonization. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ. (3/3)
ᐅᖓᒋᕙᒋᑦ 💙 Christmas Eve marked five years since we lost Kelly Amaujaq Fraser.
She was a fiercely caring and loyal friend, a brilliant artist, teacher, activist and musician who reached far beyond the Arctic. (1/3)
She was a fiercely caring and loyal friend, a brilliant artist, teacher, activist and musician who reached far beyond the Arctic. (1/3)
December 27, 2024 at 2:05 AM
ᐅᖓᒋᕙᒋᑦ 💙 Christmas Eve marked five years since we lost Kelly Amaujaq Fraser.
She was a fiercely caring and loyal friend, a brilliant artist, teacher, activist and musician who reached far beyond the Arctic. (1/3)
She was a fiercely caring and loyal friend, a brilliant artist, teacher, activist and musician who reached far beyond the Arctic. (1/3)
My all-time favorite, by Tim Andraka. Season’s eatings, and toothy kisses under the abyss-tletoe from me and mine to you and yours!
December 24, 2024 at 9:23 PM
My all-time favorite, by Tim Andraka. Season’s eatings, and toothy kisses under the abyss-tletoe from me and mine to you and yours!
Rest in power Nikki Giovanni 💙
December 10, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Rest in power Nikki Giovanni 💙
Today’s whimsical holiday sea-scene: Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii) looking skyward in front of Strawberry Anemones (Actinia fragacea). These colors look like they belong in the tropics, but they’re right here in the Salish Sea in 51F water! #fishmas #marinelife
December 9, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Today’s whimsical holiday sea-scene: Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii) looking skyward in front of Strawberry Anemones (Actinia fragacea). These colors look like they belong in the tropics, but they’re right here in the Salish Sea in 51F water! #fishmas #marinelife
…but apparently not. Bye, I guess?
December 5, 2024 at 1:05 AM
…but apparently not. Bye, I guess?
Also ran into this O. rubescens who seemed like they had a side quest for me…
December 5, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Also ran into this O. rubescens who seemed like they had a side quest for me…
Melibe leonina (hooded, a.k.a lion’s mane #nudibranch) on my dive in the front yard today. This luminous loogie gulps plankton with rows of cirri on its oral hood
and, as you can see, the current is bringing plenty (and keeping us both rockin and rollin!) #marinelife
and, as you can see, the current is bringing plenty (and keeping us both rockin and rollin!) #marinelife
December 5, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Melibe leonina (hooded, a.k.a lion’s mane #nudibranch) on my dive in the front yard today. This luminous loogie gulps plankton with rows of cirri on its oral hood
and, as you can see, the current is bringing plenty (and keeping us both rockin and rollin!) #marinelife
and, as you can see, the current is bringing plenty (and keeping us both rockin and rollin!) #marinelife
Kelleen Lum, 1973-2024. One of the best to ever do it. 💙
November 22, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Kelleen Lum, 1973-2024. One of the best to ever do it. 💙
Started my day at Pacific Marine Expo here in Seattle with three excellent panels:
🔊 Quiet Sound’s work to lessen the impact of vessel noise on SRKWs
🦦 Seaweed’s integration into the global blue economy
⛴️ Marine decarbonization (esp. alternative fuels)
🔊 Quiet Sound’s work to lessen the impact of vessel noise on SRKWs
🦦 Seaweed’s integration into the global blue economy
⛴️ Marine decarbonization (esp. alternative fuels)
November 22, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Started my day at Pacific Marine Expo here in Seattle with three excellent panels:
🔊 Quiet Sound’s work to lessen the impact of vessel noise on SRKWs
🦦 Seaweed’s integration into the global blue economy
⛴️ Marine decarbonization (esp. alternative fuels)
🔊 Quiet Sound’s work to lessen the impact of vessel noise on SRKWs
🦦 Seaweed’s integration into the global blue economy
⛴️ Marine decarbonization (esp. alternative fuels)
I’m especially passionate about the Pacific and the polar regions, and what a feminist and decolonial ethos of ocean exploration might look like.
Also get in touch if you like nudibranchs. Because I really, really like nudibranchs. (Here’s a Ceratosoma sp. from Lembeh last Feb!)
Also get in touch if you like nudibranchs. Because I really, really like nudibranchs. (Here’s a Ceratosoma sp. from Lembeh last Feb!)
November 13, 2024 at 6:54 AM
I’m especially passionate about the Pacific and the polar regions, and what a feminist and decolonial ethos of ocean exploration might look like.
Also get in touch if you like nudibranchs. Because I really, really like nudibranchs. (Here’s a Ceratosoma sp. from Lembeh last Feb!)
Also get in touch if you like nudibranchs. Because I really, really like nudibranchs. (Here’s a Ceratosoma sp. from Lembeh last Feb!)
You can check out some of my publications and syllabi over at kellypbushnell.com, and see dive videos from here in Puget Sound at instagram.com/dr.kelpy. (Here’s a Giant Pacific Octopus who has been tending her eggs here for several months!)
November 13, 2024 at 6:54 AM
You can check out some of my publications and syllabi over at kellypbushnell.com, and see dive videos from here in Puget Sound at instagram.com/dr.kelpy. (Here’s a Giant Pacific Octopus who has been tending her eggs here for several months!)
Hi! I'm Kelly, aka Dr. Kelpy to my students. I teach and write about ocean biodiversity from a historical/cultural perspective, combining archival research with my underwater experience as a dive pro to help connect people to our one global ocean.
November 13, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Hi! I'm Kelly, aka Dr. Kelpy to my students. I teach and write about ocean biodiversity from a historical/cultural perspective, combining archival research with my underwater experience as a dive pro to help connect people to our one global ocean.