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camden n. hunt

cirriculum vitae

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antidisciplinary scholar, human ecologist, poet, artist, oral historian, audio producer Email: camden@bu.edu or camdenhunt4700@gmail.com

education

Boston University: Boston, Massachusetts

Ph.D. in American Studies, in progress
Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, in progress
Advisor: Takeo Rivera
College of the Atlantic: Bar Harbor, Maine

B.A. in Human Ecology, 2022
Thesis: “rubber dreams in the basement through the backdoor”
Poems, other writings, and paintings centered on rubber from plant to bedroom:
ethics, fetishism, restriction/freedom, and American dream mythologies
Chair: Blake Cass
Secondary Chair: Daniel Kojo-Schrade

in the academy

Teaching

Teaching Fellow, Graduate. WS200 Thinking Queerly: An Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies, taught by Tesla Cariani. September 2025-December 2025.
Teaching Assistant, Post-BA. HS3122 Navigating Change: History, Place, Stories, monster course (one course worth a full term of credits), co-taught by Laurie Baker, Galen Koch, Todd Little-Siebold, and Hillary Smith. College of the Atlantic. September 2023-December 2023.
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate. HS3100M Within Living Memory: Audio Production and Podcasting, taught by Galen Koch. College of the Atlantic. January 2022-March 2022.
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate. HS2076 Life Stories: Memory, Family, Place, taught by Martha Donovan. College of the Atlantic. TA’d for five consecutive terms, September 2020-January 2022.

Governance/Sustainability

Sustainability Liaison. Boston University Sustainability Program. Boston University. January 2025-Present.
Secretary. Campus Committee for Sustainability (CCS). College of the Atlantic. January 2019-June 2020.
Member. Campus Committee for Sustainability (CCS). College of the Atlantic. September 2018-January 2019.

Academic Service

Americanist Forum Coordinator. Boston University American Studies Graduate Student Association. June 2025-present.
Managing Editor. Ampersand: An American Studies Journal. Boston University. February 2025-present.

Other

Research Fellow, Graduate. Supervised by Takeo Rivera. Boston University. May 2025-September 2025.
Writing Tutor, Undergraduate. Anne Kozak Writing Center, College of the Atlantic. April 2019-June 2022.

publications

Refereed Publications

“Ghost Cows, Leather Skin, Man Milk: On the Bovine and Bodies of Queer Men” in Soapbox Journal for Cultural Analysis 7.0: Between Bodies and Homes. Forthcoming June 2026.
“Strangled Maleness, Constructed Femaleness: A Chastity Cage” in Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities. Forthcoming, in revision.

Experimental Scholarship

“MAKE LOVE TO THE MACHINE” in Ampersand: An American Studies Journal. Volume 3 Issue 1. Edited by Liv Jacobs. December 2024.
“The Whole is Greater Than The Sum of its Parts” in The Human Ecology Essay Collection. College of the Atlantic. May 2022. 64-69.

Single Poetics/Hybrids

“twisted punk read too much kafka” in Cephalophore Volume 4, Latrinalia. Publication on hiatus: Initially Accepted July 2024.
“milder than cream” in God’s Cruel Joke Literary Magazine Volume 4. February 2024: 104.
“ortolan” in Red Noise Collective Magazine Winter 2023. December 2023.
“in america you wouldnt call a cigarette anything other than a cigarette” in Queer Responses to Dante’s Inferno. Carrion Press. November 2023: 34-35.
“piss poem” in God’s Cruel Joke Literary Magazine Volume 3. July 2023: 25-26.
“genuine leather” in Sensitive Content Magazine Volume 3. June 2023: 62.
“cursed gay biological clock” in Red Noise Collective Magazine Summer 2023. June 2023

Chapbooks and Longform Poetics

box. Le Bateau Ivre. Bateau Press. Illustrated by Makayla Corrigan. April 2022.
Stand. Downeast Fisheries Trail. June 2019.

conferences,

presentations,

and

other speaking

Papers and Presentations

Paper Presenter. “Ghost Cows, Leather Skin, Man Milk: On the Bovine and Queer Men.” Sustainable Naturecultures and Multispecies Future Symposium. University of Lapland. Forthcoming September 24-26, 2025.
Paper Presenter. “Transdisciplinary Curation, Community Work: The Soundwalk.” New England American Studies Association. Lunder Institute for American Art, Colby College. August 2-3, 2025.
Paper Presenter. “Perverted Mutation: Beautiful Irregularity.” 28th Southern Writers/Southern Writing Conference. University of Mississippi. July 27-28, 2025.

Panels

Panelist. “Amplifying the Voices of Maine’s Fishermen and Fishing Communities through Storytelling.” 49th Maine Fishermen's Forum. March 2, 2024.

Invited Presentations

Elected Student Commencement Speaker. “On turkeys, plastic wrap, and the American Dream.” College of the Atlantic. June 4, 2022.

oral history

and archives

Oral History

Oral Historian/Assistant Research Project Manager. Gendered Dimensions of Climate Change Impacts, Adaptive Capacity, and Resilience. Funded by NOAA’s Climate and Fisheries Adaptation Grant. Principal Investigator: Hillary Smith. University of Maine and College of the Atlantic. August 2023-August 2024.
Head Oral Historian. Frenchman Bay Oral History Project. Mapping Ocean Stories, a collaboration between UMaine, College of the Atlantic, The First Coast, The Island Institute, and Maine Sea Grant. June 2022-October 2022 and May 2023-September 2023.
Oral Historian. Mapping Ocean Stories, a collaboration between UMaine, College of the Atlantic, The First Coast, The Island Institute, and Maine Sea Grant. December 2018-June 2022.

Archives

Archivist. Maine Sound and Story. Partnered with NOAA Voices Archive, the Island Institute, and The First Coast. April 2023-August 2024.
Transcriber/Cataloger. Mapping Ocean Stories, a collaboration between UMaine, College of the Atlantic, The First Coast, The Island Institute, and Maine Sea Grant. December 2018-June 2022.

Mentorship

Oral History Mentor for Undergraduate Interns. Frenchman Bay Oral History Project, Mapping Ocean Stories, a collaboration between University of Maine, College of the Atlantic, The First Coast, The Island Institute, and Maine Sea Grant. May 2023-August 2024 and May 2024-August 2024.

Internships

Audio Storytelling, Oral History, Archives. Mapping Ocean Stories, a collaboration between University of Maine, College of the Atlantic, The First Coast, The Island Institute, and Maine Sea Grant. Supervised by Natalie Springuel. June 2021-August 2021.
Audio Storytelling, Oral History, Archives. Mapping Ocean Stories, a collaboration between University of Maine, College of the Atlantic, The First Coast, The Island Institute, and Maine Sea Grant. Supervised by Galen Koch. June 2020-August 2020.

audio/sound

Exhibit Narrative Audio Pieces

Bar Harbor Exhibit. The First Coast and Maine Sound and Story; Exhibited at the Bar Harbor Historical Society. In collaboration with Galen Koch. June 2024.

Exhibit Soundwalks

Bar Harbor Soundwalk. The First Coast and Maine Sound and Story; Exhibited at the Bar Harbor Historical Society. Edited by Galen Koch. June 2024.
Jonesport Soundwalk. The First Coast and Maine Sound and Story; Exhibited at the Jonesport Historical Society. Edited by Galen Koch. February 2022.

Radio

“Voices from The Maine Fishermen's Forum, Perspectives from the Archives” on Coastal Conversations. WERU Community Radio 89.9. In collaboration with Ellie White and Ela Keegan. Edited by Natalie Springuel. May 5, 2021.
“Stories from the Sardine Industry” on Coastal Conversations. WERU Community Radio 89.9. Edited by Natalie Springuel. August 19, 2020.

theatre

and film

Shadowcast: Stage

“Emcee” in Cabaret. Ellsworth/Bar Harbor Pride. Trenton Grange, Trenton, Maine. May 9, 2025.
“Betty Rizzo” in Grease. Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine. August 24 and 25, 2024.
“Miss Scarlet” in Clue. Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine. May 24, 2024.
“Tim the Enchanter” in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine. February 3, 2024.
“Frank-n-Furter” in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine. October 31, 2023.

Shadowcast: Production

Director. Cabaret Shadowcast. Ellsworth/Bar Harbor Pride. Trenton Grange, Trenton, Maine. May 9, 2025.
Director. Clue Shadowcast. Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine. May 24, 2024.
Director. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadowcast. Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine. October 31, 2023.

Theatre: Stage

One Flea Spare by Noami Wallace, “Kabe” at College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. Directed by Jodi Baker. June 2022.
Everybody by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, “Evil” at College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. Directed by Jodi Baker. March 2019.

Theatre: Production

Production Design. One Flea Spare by Noami Wallace. College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. Directed by Jodi Baker. June 2022.
Production Design. Everybody by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins. College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. Directed by Jodi Baker. March 2019.

Film: Production

01. Production Design and Line Production. The Bloody Room. Original short film by Nancy Andrews and Jodi Baker. Premiered at Maine International Film Festival on July 9, 2022.

honors

and awards

2025-2026 Teaching Fellowship, Boston University
2025 Summer Research Fellowship, Boston University
2024-2025 Dean’s Fellowship, Boston University
2018-2022 Presidential Scholarship, College of the Atlantic
2020 Maine Sea Grant Scholarship, Maine Sea Grant

memberships

American Studies Association
American Men’s Studies Association

miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Experience

Bartender. The Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine. October 2022-August 2024.
Front Desk. Atlantic Oceanside Hotel, Bar Harbor, Maine. December 2022-May 2023.
Concessions. The Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine. June 2022-October 2022.
Tour Guide. College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. September 2020-June 2022.
Resident Advisor, Undergraduate. Blair-Tyson, College of the Atlantic. August 2019-June 2020.

camden hunt

antidisciplinary scholar, human ecologist, poet, artist, audio producer, oral historian