St. Olaf Associate Professor of Religion and Environmental Studies. A theologian with degrees from St. Olaf College, Denver Seminary, and Luther Seminary. Research areas include Protestant ecotheologies, vocation, ecofeminisms, agrarian studies, ecological resistance movements, childhood studies, and the theology of motherwork. She teaches about ecotheology, place-based spirituality, Biophilia, theo-ethics of climate change, and culture of nature.
She has multiple publications, most recently, Ecology of Vocation: Recasting Calling in a New Planetary Era, and edited Ecotheology: A Christian Conversation as well as in a variety of journals on interdisciplinary topics ranging from ecological ethics to vocation of children to indigenous influence on Christian watershed liturgies.
Kiara lives on the prairie near Nerstand’s Big Woods with her spouse, young daughters, and an assortment of furry friends. She enjoys historical fiction, gardening, running, hiking, yoga, photography, and fabric arts.