Kayden Baker McInnis, PhD, is a cultural mythologist, writer, scholar, educator, and intuitive with a deep connection to the animal world. Dr. McInnis is committed to cultivating and deepening the human-nature relationship and facilitating opportunities to experience the mythopoetic imagination. She teaches workshops on Writing as a Sacred Art and Applied Mythology drawing on depth psychology, ecopsychology, mythology, the archetypal field of nature, culture, and the human journey. Through story, we find the myths we are living, creating ever deepening connections with the animated and ensouled world. 

Dr. McInnis’ interests led her to Pacifica Graduate Institute where she received her MA and PhD in mythological studies with an emphasis in depth psychology. Her dissertation “Dionysus and the Wild Unknown: Nature, Body, and Gender,” is an ecological exploration of the Dionysian archetype, the wild feminine, American myth and indigenous traditions. 

For Dr. McInnis, growing up in the Washington, D.C., area anchored a love for culture, symbolism and life-long learning. After spending summers hiking and camping in Utah, she fell in love with the west and its red rock canyons. Dr. McInnis now calls Salt Lake City, Utah home where she teaches the humanities, mythology and eco-consciousness.