Jordan B. Kinder is a media studies and environmental humanities scholar from what is now called northern British Columbia. He is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Alberta, and is currently an Assistant Professor in Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. In Fall 2025, he will be an Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. His current book project studies mediations of the unbuilt Mackenzie Valley Pipelines.