Caskey Russell is originally from Seattle Washington, he has lived in Oregon, Iowa, Wyoming, and New Zealand. He received his BA and MA from Western Washington University and his PhD at the University of Oregon. He is a father, a professor, a musician, and an enrolled member of the Tlingit Nation (Eagle / Kooyu Kwáan) of Alaska. He teaches songwriting and poetry at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies.
