Chris Lott

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Chris Lott (b. October 23, 1970) was the co-founder of Eclectica Magazine along with Tom Dooley (editor) in 1996. Chris was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, and bounced around between Fairbanks and Tok, Alaska before graduating from Tok High School in 1988.

Chris studied Philosophy (literary theory), Literature (specializing in Romantic Poetry), and Creative Writing (contemporary poetry and fiction ala Raymond Carver, Stephen Dobyns, and William Matthews), developing a keen interest in Computer-mediated communication that lead to stints working in film and media services, web development and programming, systems administration, technology services management, and technology consulting.

In addition to creating and editing Eclectica, Chris has contributed poems, short fiction, book reviews, movie reviews, and essays to publications including The Precipice, Gaslight, Conspire, Phoebe and many others. That many of these publications suffered untimely demises shortly after publishing Chris' work is purely coincidental.

Currently, Chris works as resident "disruptive technologist" at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Center for Distance Education, with a special emphasis on using social software for online learning, specifically to create a rational constructivist learning environment and functional classroom community of learners embedded in the real world community of practice. You can see his presentations on these topics at various educational conferences each year or follow material and links on his web site.