Kate Livie

Kate Livie is a native Eastern Shore educator, writer and social historian whose work explores the intersection of Chesapeake Bay history, culture and landscape. A commentator on regional travel, history, environment and foodways, Kate is a regular contributor to publications like Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, Chesapeake Bay Journal and Edible Delmarva, and has hosted television and radio programs for MPT, NPR and the History Channel. She currently serves on the Maritime Committee at the Maryland Center for History and Culture. 

 

Her 2015 book, Chesapeake Oysters: The Bay’s Foundation and Future, won the Maryland Historical Society’s Marion Brewington prize for Maritime History.

 

Formerly the director of education and associate curator at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Kate currently teaches courses about the Bay's environment, arts, economy, tradition, and culture, and has served as humanities faculty for the experiential Chesapeake Semester program since 2016.

 

Kate resides in her hometown of Chestertown, Maryland, with her husband Ben, the Miles-Wye-Eastern Bay Riverkeeper, and their small son.