Lisa Keller was born in Anchorage eight years after Title IX passed. She grew up playing baseball and soccer, running, swimming, downhill skiing at Arctic Valley, Nordic skiing at Russian Jack, and hiking the Chugach. After graduating from Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School, she earned her BA in Political Science at the University of Oregon, where she played soccer until she discovered triathlon. She has won the Gold Nugget, Eagle River, and Hammerman Triathlons and is a two-time Alaska Triathlete of the Year. Lisa has achieved All-American status in USA Triathlon age group rankings and has been competitive nationally in trail runs. Nine years after she and others founded the Alaska Run for Women, Lisa herself was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is also a founding board member of the Alaska Triathlon Club, YWCA Alaska, and Running Free Alaska, a running program she manages for women who are or have been incarcerated at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center. Lisa is the owner/coach of Multisport Training of Alaska, a host of Outdoor Explorer on KSKA, the mother of two adult daughters, and a consultant for Chugach Chocolates.
Heather Brook Adams is an assistant professor of English and a cross-appointed faculty member in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She previously held the position of assistant professor of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She earned her Ph.D. in English from Penn State University. In her current position, Heather teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on contemporary rhetoric, rhetorics of health and medicine, feminist pedagogy, and advocacy and argumentation. Her research investigates discourses of gender, reproduction, and shame. Her book, Enduring Shame: A Recent History of Unwed Pregnancy and Righteous Reproduction, will be published by the University of South Carolina Press in May 2022.
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