**Jordan Thomas *is an anthropologist and former Los Padres hotshot wildland firefighter. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times,the San Francisco Chronicle , The Seattle Times, and * The Drift. Thomas is a Marshall Scholar with graduate degrees from the University of Cambridge and Durham Un...

**Jordan Thomas *is an anthropologist and former Los Padres hotshot wildland firefighter. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times,the San Francisco Chronicle , The Seattle Times, and * The Drift. Thomas is a Marshall Scholar with graduate degrees from the University of Cambridge and Durham University. He is currently a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of California. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.