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3351 Fairfax Drive, Van Metre Hall
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Education

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Environmental Risk Assessment, University of Alberta, 1994-1997.

Ph.D., Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, 1996.
Graduate Work, Political Science Department, UCLA, 1993.

M. A., Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, 1992.

B. A., History, Political Science, and Philosophy, Mercer University, 1989. (Requirements for all three majors completed with honors in philosophy.)

Areas of Specialization

International Energy and Climate Policy and Diplomacy, Advanced Clean Energy Technology Cooperation and Development, Environmental Policy and Ethics

Areas of Competence

Risk Assessment, Philosophy of Economics, Animal Welfare

Employment

2014-
Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, Philosophy, and 
Atmospheric Sciences
Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
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2025-
Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth
The University of Chicago

2021-2025
Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs 
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
Nominated by President Biden, April 28, 2021; unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate, August 11, 2021.

2016-2021
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Climate Change Program
World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C.
Faculty Affiliate, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy
Fletcher School of International Diplomacy, Tufts University

2013-2016
Senior Advisor and India Counselor to the U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change & Climate Change Staff Advisor, Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning
U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.

2008-2013
Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy
Director, Center for Global Ethics
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Senior Fellow and Director, International Climate Policy
Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C. 

Senior Fellow, Energy and Society Program
German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington, D.C. 

2005-2008
Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Philosophy 
Adjunct Professor of Geography and Forestry
University of Washington, Seattle

2000-2005
Assistant Professor of Environmental Philosophy (tenured Spring 2005)
Director, Environmental Conservation Education Program
New York University

Research Fellow, Institute for Environment, Philosophy, and Public Policy
Lancaster University, England

1998-2000
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
State University of New York, Binghamton

1996-1998
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Montana

Visiting Positions and Fellowships

2002-2003
Harrington Faculty Fellow, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin.

1999-2000
Center Fellow, International Center for Advanced Studies, New York University.

Spring 1996
Visiting Lecturer, Environmental Studies Program, 
Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Spring 1991
Graduate Resident Fellow, Center for Ideas and Society,
University of California, Riverside.

Publications – Books 

Environmental Values, with John O’Neill and Alan Holland. (London:  Routledge Press, 2008), 233 pages. 

Reel Arguments: Film, Philosophy, and Social Criticism. (Boulder, CO:  Westview Press, 2003), 198 pages.

Publications – Edited Books

16. The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics, with Benjamin Hale and Lydia Lawhon (London:  Routledge Press, 2022), 850 pages.

15. Philosophy and Design:  From Engineering to Architecture, with Peter Kroes, Stephen Moore, and Pieter Veermas. (Dordrecht:  Springer Publishers, 2008), 359 pages. 

14. The Aesthetics of Everyday Life, with Jonathan M. Smith. (New York:  Columbia University Press, 2005), 224 pages. 

13. Animal Pragmatism: Rethinking Human-Nonhuman Relationships, with Erin McKenna (Bloomington, IN:  Indiana University Press, 2004), 254 pages. 

12. Environmental Philosophy as Social Philosophy, with Cheryl Hughes. (Charlottesville, VA: Philosophy Doc. Center, 2004), 256 pages. 

11. Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice, with Avner de-Shalit. (Cambridge, MA:  The MIT Press, 2003), 357 pages. 

10.  Controlling Technology, second edition, with Eric Katz and William Thompson. (Amherst, NY:  Prometheus Books, 2003), 532 pages.

9.  Environmental Ethics: An Anthology, with Holmes Rolston III. (Cambridge, MA:  Blackwell Publishers, 2003), 554 pages. 

8.  Beneath the Surface: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Deep Ecology, with Eric Katz and  David Rothenberg.  (Cambridge, MA:  The MIT Press, 2000), 328 pages. 

7.  Technology and the Good Life?, with Eric Higgs and David Strong.  (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 392 pages.

6.  Race, Class, and Community Identity, with Mecke Nagel. (Amherst, NY:  Humanity Books (Prometheus), 2000), 233 pages.

5.  Philosophies of Place, with Jonathan M. Smith. (Lanham, MD.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999), 309 pages. 

4.  Social Ecology after Bookchin. (New York:  Guilford Press, 1998), 401 pages.

3.  The Production of Public Space, with Jonathan. M. Smith. (Lanham, MD.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1998), 255 pages.

2.  Space, Place, and Environmental Ethics, with Jonathan M. Smith. (Lanham, MD.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1997), 273 pages. 

1.  Environmental Pragmatism, with Eric Katz. (London and New York:  Routledge Press, 1996), 352 pages. 

Publications – Edited Journals

A. Currently Editing

Ethics, Policy, and Environment, with Benjamin Hale (Routledge).  Three issues a year since 2005.

B. Past Editing Experience

Philosophy and Geography, with J. M. Smith (Carfax). 2001-2004, 8 issues.

Canadian Philosophical Reviews (APP), with Roger Shiner and Alain Voizard.  1994-1996, 12 issues.

Research in Philosophy and Technology (JAI Press), Book Review Editor.  1994-1999, Vols. 16-18.

C. Guest Editor

Ethics, Policy, and Environment Vol. 24, No. 1., 2021, with Kenneth Shockley, “Ethics in the Anthropocene,” 87 pages.

Environmental Values Vol. 23, No. 2, 2014, with Kenneth Shockley, “Adapting to a Perilous Planet,” 92 pages.

Journal of Social Philosophy Vol. 34, No. 1, 2003, with Christopher Wellman, “Urban Environmental Ethics,” 90 pages.

Ethics and the Environment  Vol. 7, No. 1, 2002, “Nature as Subject,” 51 pages.

Ethics and the Environment Vol. 4, No. 2, 1999, with Victoria Davion, “Ecofeminism,” 120 pages.

Ecosystem Health Vol. 4, No. 3, 1998, “Environmental Ethics and Environmental Risk Management,” 29 pages (double pages).

Inquiry Vol. 39, No. 2, 1996, with David Rothenberg, “Arne Naess’s Environmental Thought,” 144 pages.

Publications – Policy Reports 

All as contributor unless otherwise indicated.

20.  Reflecting Sunlight:  Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance. (Washington, D.C.:National Academies of Sciences Press, March 2021), 311 pages.

19.  An International Climate Agenda for the Next U.S. Administration. (Washington, D.C.: Natural Resources Defense Council, October 2020), 29 pages.

18.  Delivering on America’s Pledge:  Achieving Climate Progress in 2020. (New York:  Bloomberg Philanthropies, September 2020), 84 pages.

17.  Governor Jay Inslee’s Plan for Global Climate Mobilization. (Seattle, WA:  Jay Inslee for President, June 2019), 50 pages.

16.  Ramping up Governance of the Global Environmental Commons, with Dan Morrow (Washington, D.C.:World Resources Institute, February 2019), 32 pages.

15.  Climate Change Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the U.S.:  Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA 4), Volume II.  (Washington, D.C.:  U.S. Global Change Research Program, November 2018). Review Editor for “Mitigation:  Avoiding and Reducing Long-Term Risks.”

14. Strengthening Actions to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in Nationally Determined Contributions. (Washington, D.C.:  World Resources Institute, October 2018), 52 pages.

13.  Governing Solar Radiation Management. (Washington, D.C.:  Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, October 2018), 56 pages.

12.  Proposal for a North American Climate Strategy. (Washington, D.C.:  Ctr for American Progress & World Resources Institute, June 2016), 65 pages.

11.  Carbon Market Crossroads:  New Ideas for Harnessing Global Markets to Confront Climate Change. (Washington, D.C.:  Climate Advisers and Center for American Progress, April 2013), 44 pages.

10.  40 x 35:  A Zero Carbon Energy Target for the World’s Largest Economies. (Washington, D.C.:  Center for American Progress, March 2013), 19 pages.

9.  The U.S. Role in International Climate Finance:  A Blueprint for Near Term Leadership (Washington, D.C.:  Alliance for Climate Protection and Center for American Progress, December 2010), 74 pages.

8.  Investing in Clean Energy:  How to Maximize Clean Energy Deployment from International Climate Finance. (London:  Global Climate Network, November 2010), 57 pages.

7.  Development Funding Done Right: How to Ensure Multilateral Development Banks Finance Clean and Renewable Energy Projects to Combat Global Warming. (Washington, D.C.: Center for American Progress, March 2010),  23 pages.

6.  Counting the World’s Capacity for Emission Reductions, sole author. (Washington, D.C.:  Center for American Progress, December 2009), 6 pages.

5.  Creating Opportunity:  Low-Carbon Jobs in an Interconnected World. (London:  Global Climate Network, November 2009), 52 pages.

4.  A Roadmap for U.S.-China Cooperation on Carbon Capture and Sequestration. (Washington, D.C.: Asia Society and Center for American Progress, November 2009), 53 pages.

3.  Meeting the Climate Challenge:  Core Elements of an Effective Response to Climate Change (Washington, D.C.: Center for American Progress and UN Foundation, Oct. 2009), 14 pages.

2.  Breaking Through on Technology:  Overcoming the Barriers to the Development and Wide Deployment of Low-Carbon Technology. (London:  Global Climate Network, July 2009), 40 pages.

1.  The Penn Pledge:  A Code of Ethics for Genetic Engineering. (Philadelphia, PA:  University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics, 2002), 30 pages.

Publications – Articles and Book Chapters

93.  “Governing Climate Engineering;  A Proposal for Immediate Governance of Solar Radiation Management,” with S. Jinnah, et. al., Sustainability,  Volume 11, 2019, pp. 1-9.

92.  “Climate Diplomacy,” in The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics, eds. S. Gardiner and A. Thompson  (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), pp. 487-500. 

91.  “A Responsible Path:  Enhancing Action on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants ,” with Gwynne Taraska, in Climate Justice in a Non-Ideal World, eds. C. Heyward, and D. Roser (Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 169-188.

90.  “Climate Change, Adaptation, and Climate-Ready Development Assistance,” with Gwynne Taraska, Environmental Values, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2014, pp. 129-147.

89.  “Beyond Durban:  A New Agenda for Climate Ethics,” in Justice, Sustainability, and Security: Global Ethics for the 21^st Century, ed. E. Heinze  (New York:  Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), pp.109-129.

88.  “An Equity Hurdle in International Climate Negotiations,” Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2013, pp. 27-34.

87.  “Valuing Novel Ecosystems,” with Allen Thompson and Eric Higgs, in Novel Ecosystems:  Intervening in the New Ecological World Order, eds. R. Hobbs, E. Higgs, and C. Hall (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2013), pp. 257-268.

86. “Environment and Immigration,” in Debates on Immigration, eds. J. Gans, E. Replogle, and D. Tichenor (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers, 2012), pp. 372-379.

85.  “Finding a Future for Environmental Ethics,” The Ethics Forum / Les Ateliers de l’éthique, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2012, pp. 71-80.

84.  “Varieties of Environmental Ethics,” with John O’Neill and Alan Holland,  Nature:  Education, Vol. 3, No. 10, 2012.

83.  “On the Need for Front Line Climate Ethics,” in The Environment: Philosophy, Science, and Ethics (Topics in Contemporary Philosophy), eds. B. Kabesenche, M. O’Rourke and M. Slater (Cambridge, MA:  The MIT Press, 2012), pp. 277-292.

82.  “The Death of Restoration?” in Ethical Adaptation to Climate Change: Human Virtues of the Future, eds. A. Thompson and J. Bendik-Keymer (Cambridge, MA:  The MIT Press, 2012), pp. 105-122.

81.  “Climate Ethics for Climate Action,” in Environmental Ethics:  What Really Matters? What Really Works?, 2^nd edition, eds. D. Schmidtz and E. Willott (Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 557-566.

80. “Methodological Pragmatism, Pluralism, and Environmental Ethics,” in Environmental Ethics: The Big Questions, ed. D. Keller  (Cambridge, MA:  Blackwell Publishers, 2010), pp. 318-326 (double pages).

79.  “Love Conquers All, Even Time?,” in Time and Identity (Topics in Contemporary Philosophy),  eds. J. Campbell, M. O’Rourke, and H. Silverstein (Cambridge, MA:  The MIT Press, 2010), pp. 311-320.

78.  “The Moral Journey of Environmentalism:  From Wilderness to Place,” in Pragmatic Sustainability:  Theoretical and Practical Tools, ed. S. Moore  (London:  Routledge Press, 2010), pp. 136-148.

77.  “Does a Public Environmental Philosophy Need a Convergence Hypothesis? in Nature in Common:  Environmental Ethics and the Contested Foundations of Environmental  Policy, ed. B. Minteer (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009), pp. 196-214.

76.  “Ecological Restoration:  From Functional Descriptions to Normative Prescriptions,” in Functions in Biological and Artificial Worlds: Comparative Philosophical Perspectives, ed. P. Kroes and U. Krohs (Cambridge, MA:  The MIT Press, 2009), pp. 147-162.

75. “Designing:  From Philosophy to Ethics, From Engineering to Architecture,” with P. Kroes, et. al., in Philosophy and Design, eds. P. Kroes, A. Light, S. Moore, and P. Veermas (Dordrecht:Springer Publishers, 2008), pp. 1-27.

74.  “Restorative Relationships:  From Artifacts to ‘Natural’ Systems,” in Healing Natures, Repairing Relationships: New Perspectives on Restoring Ecological Spaces ed. R. France (Sheffield, VT:  Green Frigate Books, 2008), pp. 95-116).

73.  “Ecological Restoration,” in Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, eds. J. B. Callicott and R. Frodeman (New York: Macmillian Reference, 2008).

72.  “Rolston on Urban Environments,” with J. Sheppard, in Nature, Value, Duty:  Life on Earth with Holmes Rolston III, eds. W. Ouderkirk and C. Preston (Dordrecht:  Springer Publishers, 2007), pp. 221-236.

71.  “Objectivity and the Film of Presumptive Assertion, Film and Philosophy, Volume 10, 2006, pp. 151-162.

70.  “Democratic Technology, Population, and Environmental Change,” in Democratizing Technology, ed. T. Veak (Albany, NY:  SUNY Press, 2006), pp. 136-154.

69.  “Restoration Ecology,” in World Changing: A User’s Guide for the 21^st Century, ed. A. Steffan (forward by Al Gore) (New York: Abrams Publishers, 2006), pp. 484-485.

68.  “What is a Pragmatic Philosophy?,” Journal of Philosophical Research, 2005 Special Supplement, pp. 341-356.

67.  “Martin Buber,” in Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, eds. J. Kaplan and B. Taylor (London:  Continuum, 2005), p. 227.

66.  “Not Out of the Woods:  Preserving the Human in Environmental Architecture,” with A. Wallace, Environmental Values, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2005, pp. 3-20.

65.  “Environmental Art and the Recovery of Place,” in Groundworks:  Environmental Collaboration in Contemporary Art, ed. G. Kester  (Pittsburgh, PA:  Regina Miller Gouger Gallery, Carnegie Mellon Univ., 2005), pp. 48-57.

64.  “Social Hope and Environmental Philosophy,” introduction to Environmental Philosophy as Social Philosophy, eds. C. Hughes and A. Light  (Charlottesville, VA:  Philosophy Documentation. Center, 2004), pp. 1-13.

63.  “Methodological Pragmatism, Animal Welfare, and Hunting,” in Animal Pragmatism: Rethinking Human-Nonhuman Relationships, eds. E. McKenna and  A. Light (Bloomington, IN:  Indiana University Press, 2004), pp. 119-139.

62.  “Pragmatism and the Future of Human-Nonhuman Relationships,” with E. McKenna introduction to Animal Pragmatism: Rethinking Human-Nonhuman Relationships, eds. E. McKenna and A. Light (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2004), pp. 1-16.

61. “Marcuse’s Deep-Social Ecology and the Future of Utopian Environmentalism,” in Herbert Marcuse:  A Critical Reader, eds. J. Abromeit and M. Cobb (London:  Routledge, 2004), pp. 227-235.

60.  “Should Environmental Quality be a Publicly Provided Good?” with B. Shippen, Organization and Environment, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2003, pp. 232-242.

59.  “Urban Ecological Citizenship,” Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2003, pp. 44-63. 55a. Reprinted in Technology and Values:  Essential Readings, ed. C. Hanks (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2009), pp. 397-412.

58.  “Tolkien’s Green Time:  Environmental Themes in The Lord of the Rings,” in The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy, eds. G. Bassham and E. Bronson (Chicago:  Open Court, 2003), pp. 150-163. 58a.  Reprinted in Metaphilm (on-line), July 2003.

57.  “Public Environmental Philosophy:  An Interview with Andrew Light,” Higher Education Exchange, 2003, pp. 5-19.

56.  “Environmental Ethics:  Whose Philosophy? Which Practice?,” with A. de-Shalit in Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice, eds. A. Light and A. de-Shalit  (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003), pp. 1-27.

55. “Globalization and the Need for an Urban Environmentalism,” in Implicating Empire:  Globalization and Resistance, eds. S. Aronowitz and H. Gautney (New York:  Basic Books, 2003), pp. 287-307.

54.  “The Case for a Practical Pluralism,"  in Environmental Ethics: An Anthology, eds. A. Light and H. Rolston III (Cambridge, MA:  Blackwell Publishers, 2003), pp. 229-247.

54a.    Reprinted in Environmental Philosophy:  Critical Concepts in the Environment, eds. J. B. Callicott and C. Palmer (London: Routledge, 2005).

53.  “Ethics and Environmental Ethics," with H. Rolston III introduction to Environmental Ethics: An Anthology, eds. A. Light and H. Rolston III (Cambridge, MA:  Blackwell Publishers, 2003), pp. 1-11. 

52.  “What Happened in Chicago?:  The Growing Relevance of Ethics in Restoration,” in Speaking of the Future:  A Dialogue on Conservation, (Woodstock, VT:  Conservation Study Institute, 2003), pp. 14-15.

51.  “Contemporary Environmental Ethics:  From Metaethics to Public Philosophy,” Metaphilosophy, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2002, pp. 426-449.
51a.       Shortened and revised version reprinted as “Environmental Ethics,” in The Blackwell Companion to Applied Ethics, eds. C. H. Wellman and R. Frey (Cambridge, MA:  Blackwell Publishers, 2003), pp. 633-649.

50. “A Modest Proposal:  Methodological Pragmatism for Bioethics,” in Pragmatist Ethics for a Technological Culture, eds. J. Keulartz, M. Korthals, M. Shcermer, and T. Swierstra (Dordrecht:  Kluwer Publishers, 2002), pp. 79-97.

49.  “Place Authenticity as Ontology or Psychological State?” Philosophy and Geography, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2002, pp. 204-210.

48.  “Social Ecology,” in International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, eds. J. Barry and E. G. Frankland (London:  Routledge Press, 2002), pp. 422-424.

47.   “Murray Bookchin,” in International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, eds. J. Barry and E. G. Frankland (London:  Routledge Press, 2002), pp. 48-49.

46.  “Restoring Ecological Citizenship,” in Democracy and the Claims of Nature, eds. B. Minteer and B. P. Taylor (Lanham, MD:  Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), pp. 153-172.
46a.    Rewritten as “The Democratic Promise of Ecological Restoration,” in The Humane Metropolis:  People and Nature in the 21st Century City, ed. R. Platt (Amherst, MA:  University of Massachusetts Press, 2007).

45.  “Taking Environmental Ethics Public,” in Environmental Ethics:  What Really Matters? What Really Works?, eds. D. Schmidtz and E. Willott (Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 556-566.
45a.    Reprinted in Environmental Ethics:  What Really Matters? What Really Works?, 2^nd edition, eds. D. Schmidtz and E. Willott (Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 582-592.

44.  “Does the Audience Matter?: On Carroll and Visual Argument,” Film and Philosophy, Vol. 5-6, 2001, pp. 20-32.

43.  “Moral Progress Amid Technological Change,” Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2001, pp. 195-201.

42.  “The Urban Blind Spot in Environmental Ethics,” Environmental Politics, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2001, pp. 7-35.

42a.    Reprinted in Political Theory and the Environment: A Reassessment,  ed. M. Humphrey (London:  Frank Cass Publishers, 2001), pp. 7-35.

42b.    Reprinted in Environmental Philosophy:  Critical Concepts in the Environment, eds. J. B. Callicott and C. Palmer (London: Routledge, 2005).

41.  “Restauración Ecológica y Reproducción del Arte,” in Ingenieria Genetica Y Ambiental: Problemas filosoficos y sociales de la biotechnologia, eds. T. Kwiatkowska and R. L. Wilchis (Mexico City: Plaza y Valdez, 2000), pp. 209-219.

40.  “What is an Ecological Identity?,” Environmental Politics, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2000, pp. 59-81.

39.  “Elegy for a Garden:  Thoughts on an Urban Environmental Ethic,” Philosophical Writings, Vol. 14, 2000, pp. 41-47.
39a.  Reprinted in Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, No. 13, on-line, Spring/Summer, 2003.
39b.  Reprinted in Philosophy and the City:  Classic to Contemporary Readings, ed. S. Meagher (Albany, NY:  SUNY Press, 2008), pp. 291-297.

38. “Toward New Foundations in Philosophy of Technology:  Mitcham and Wittgenstein on Descriptions,” with D. Roberts, Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol. 19, 2000, pp. 125-147.

37.  “Technology, Democracy, and Environmentalism:  On Feenberg’s Questioning Technology,” Ends and Means: Jrnl. of Philosophy, Technology and Society, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2000, pp. 7-17.

36.  “Public Goods, Future Generations, and Environmental Quality,” in Not for Sale:  In Defense of Public Goods, eds. A. Anton, M. Fisk, and N. Holmstrom (San Francisco: Westview Press, 2000), pp. 209-226.

35.  “Ecological Restoration and the Culture of Nature:  A Pragmatic Perspective,” in Restoring Nature: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities, eds. P. Gobster and B. Hull (Washington, D.C.:  Island Press, 2000), pp. 49-70.
35a.    Short version reprinted as “Restoration or Domination?: A Reply to Katz,” in Environmental Restoration: Ethics, Theory, and Practice, ed. William Throop (Amherst, NY:  Humanity Books (Prometheus), 2000), pp. 95-111.
35b.    Short version reprinted in Environmental Ethics:  What Really Matters? What Really Works?, eds. D. Schmidtz and E. Willott (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002), pp. 178-187.
35c.    Reprinted in Environmental Ethics:  An Anthology, eds. A. Light and H. Rolston III (Cambridge, MA:  Blackwell Publishers, 2003), pp. 398-411.
35d.   Reprinted in Readings in the Philosophy of Technology, ed. D. Kaplan (Lanham, MD:  Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2004 (revised 2^nd ed. 2009), pp. 191-208.
35e.    Translated and reprinted in Spanish as “Restauracion Ecologica y la Cultura de la Naturaleza:  Una Perspectiva Pragmatica” in Las Caminos de la Ethica Ambiental (Vol. 2), eds. T. Kwiatkowska and J. Issa (Mexico City: Plaza y Valdez, 2003), pp. 247-270.
35f.    Short version reprinted as “Restoration, Autonomy, and Domination,” in Recognizing the Autonomy of Nature: Theory and Practice, ed. T. Heyd (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006), pp. 154-169.

34. “Restoration, the Value of Participation, and the Risks of Professionalization,” in Restoring Nature: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities, eds. P. Gobster and B. Hull (Washington, D.C.:  Island Press, 2000), pp. 163-181.

33.  “Borgmann’s Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen:  The Pre-Political Conditions of a Politics of Place,” in Technology and the Good Life?, eds., E. Higgs, A. Light, and D. Strong (Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 2000), pp. 106-125.

32.  “Technology and the Good Life,” and “Afterword,” with E. Higgs and D. Strong, in Technology and the Good Life?, eds., E. Higgs, A. Light, and D. Strong (Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 2000), pp. 1-15; 371-374.

31.  “Deep Ecology as Philosophy,” with E. Katz and D. Rothenberg, introduction to Beneath the Surface, eds. E. Katz. A. Light, and D. Rothenberg (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2000), pp. ix-xxiv. 

30.  “Are all Anthropocentrists Against Nature?” Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1999, pp. 93-102.

29.  “Angry White Men:  Right Nationalism and Left Identity Politics,” with W. Chaloupka, in Gender Ironies of Nationalism: Sexing the Nation, ed. T. Mayer (London: Routledge Press, 1999), pp. 329-350.

28.  “Boyz in the Woods:  Urban Wilderness in American Cinema,” in The Nature of Cities: Ecocriticism and Urban Environments, ed. M. Bennett and D. Teague (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1999), pp. 137-156.

27. “Philosophies and Geographies of Place,” with J. M. Smith and D. Roberts, introduction Philosophies of Place, eds. A. Light and J. M. Smith (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1999), pp. 1-19. 

26. “Environmental Ethics and Environmental Risk:  Expanding the Scope of Ecosystem Health,” Ecosystem Health, Vol. 4, No. 3, September 1998, pp. 147-151 (double pages).

25.  “On the Irreplaceability of Place,” Worldviews:  Environment, Culture, Religion, Vol. 2, 1998, pp. 179-84.

24. “Reconsidering Bookchin and Marcuse as Environmental Materialists: Toward an Evolving Social Ecology,” in Social Ecology after Bookchin, ed. A. Light (New York:  Guilford, 1998), pp. 343-383.

23.  “Bookchin as/and Social Ecology,”  in Social Ecology after Bookchin, ed. A. Light (New York:  Guilford, 1998), pp. 1-23.

22.  “Clarifying the Public/Private Distinction,” Environmental Ethics, Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer 1998, pp. 223-224.

21.  “Media, Identity, and Politics:  A Critique of Kellner” Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol. 17, 1998, pp. 187-200.

20.  “Geography, Philosophy, and the Public Space,” with J. M. Smith, introduction to The Production of Public Space, ed. A. Light and J. M. Smith (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1998), pp. 1-16.

19.  “Wim Wenders and the Everyday Aesthetics of Technology and Space,” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 55, No. 2, Spring 1997, pp. 215-229.
19a.    Reprinted in The Aesthetics of Everyday Life, eds. A. Light and J. M. Smith (New York:  Columbia University Press, 2005), pp. 109-134.

18.  “Deep Socialism?:  An Interview with Arne Naess,” CNS, Vol. 8, No. 1, March 1997, pp. 69-85.

17.  “Critical Theorist of Technology:  Feenberg on Marx and Democracy,” Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol. 16, 1997, pp. 131-137.

16.  “Geography, Philosophy, and the Environment,” with J. M. Smith, introduction to Space, Place, and Environmental Ethics, ed. A. Light and J. M. Smith  (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1997), pp. 1-13. 

15.  “Callicott and Naess on Pluralism,” Inquiry, Vol. 39, No. 2, June 1996, pp. 273-94.
15a.    Reprinted in Beneath the Surface, eds. E. Katz, A. Light, and D. Rothenberg (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000), pp. 125-148.
15b.    Reprinted in Land, Value, Community:  Callicott and Environmental Philosophy, eds. W. Ouderkirk and J. Hill (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2001), pp. 197-218.

14.  “The Politics of Ecological Restoration,” with E. Higgs, Environmental Ethics, Vol. 18, No. 3, Fall 1996, pp. 227-247.
14a.    Expanded version reprinted as “The Politics of Corporate Ecological Restorations: Comparing the Global and Local North American Contexts,” in Articulating the Global and Local, eds. D. Kellner and A. Cvetkovich (Boulder, CO:  Westview Press, 1997), pp. 102-125.

13.  “Towards Ethics Guidelines for Environmental Epidemiologists,” with C. Soskolne, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 184, No. 1-2, May 1996, pp. 137-147 (double pages).

12. “Environmental Pragmatism as Philosophy or Metaphilosophy: On the Weston-Katz Debate,” in Environmental Pragmatism, eds. A. Light and E. Katz (London:  Routledge Press, 1996), pp. 325-338.

11. “Environmental Pragmatism and Environmental Ethics as Contested Terrain,” with E. Katz, introduction to Environmental Pragmatism, eds. A. Light and E. Katz (London:  Routledge Press, 1996), pp. 1-18. 

10.  “Three Questions on Hyperreality,” Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol. 15, 1995, pp. 211-222.

9.  “The Metaphorical Drift of Classical Wilderness,” Geography Research Forum, Vol. 15, 1995, pp. 14-32.

8. “Materialists, Ontologists, and Environmental Pragmatists,”  Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1995, pp. 315-333.
8a.      Expanded version reprinted as “Compatibilism in Political Ecology,” in Environmental Pragmatism, eds. A. Light and E. Katz (London: Routledge Press, 1996), pp. 161-184. 
8b.      Reprinted in The Ecological Community, ed. R. S. Gottlieb (New York:  Routledge Press, 1997), pp. 255-269. 

7.  “Social Ecology and Social Labor:  A Consideration and Critique of Murray Bookchin,” with A. Rudy, CNS, Vol. 6, No. 2, June 1995, pp. 75-106.
7a.      Reprinted in Minding Nature:  The Philosophers of Ecology, ed. D. Maccauley (New York: Guilford Press, 1996), pp. 318-342. [second co-author]

6.  “Hegemony and Democracy:  How the inherent politics in restoration informs the politics of restoration,” Restoration and Management Notes, Vol. 12, No. 2, Winter 1995, pp. 140-144.

5.  “Urban Wilderness,” in Wild Ideas, ed. D. Rothenberg (Minneapolis: Univ. of Minn. Press, 1995), pp. 195-211. 
5a.      Short version reprinted as “From Classical to Urban Wilderness,” The Trumpeter, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1995, pp. 19-21.

4.  “Which Side Are You On?: A Rejoinder to Murray Bookchin,” CNS, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 1993, pp. 113-120.

3.  “Rereading Bookchin and Marcuse as Environmental Materialists,” CNS, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1993, pp. 69-98.
3a.      Translated and reprinted in Italian as “Il Materialismo Ambientale Bookchin e Marcuse a Confronto,” Capitalismo, Natura, Socialismo, 10, Feb. 1994, pp. 110-139.

2. “Environmental Pragmatism and Valuation in Nature,” in Human Ecology:  Crossing Boundaries, ed. Scott Wright (Fort Collins: SHE, 1993), pp. 23-30.

1.  “The Role of Technology in Environmental Questions: Martin Buber & Deep Ecology,” Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol. 12, 1992, pp. 83-104.

Publications – Sample Columns, Editorials, and Testimony 

A complete list is available upon request.

Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hearing: “One Year Later:  The Impact of the Russian Federation’s War in Ukraine on European and Global Energy Security,” February 16, 2023.

Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearing:  “U.S. Efforts to Support European Energy Security,” June 16, 2022.

“Trump Wants Stronger Oversight of China, Except When it Comes to Climate Change,” The Hill, May 21, 2020

Testimony before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (S.2754 on hydrofluorocarbon regulation), April 7, 2020. 

Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee for Hearing: 

"We'll Always Have Paris: Subnational Responses to Federal Inaction on Climate Change," February 28, 2019.

“National Climate Assessment:  U.S. Climate Action Can Avoid Tens of Thousands Deaths, Hundreds of Billions in Damages Annually,” World Resources Institute (WRI), November 25, 2018.

“The World Is Moving on Since Trump Announced Withdraw from the Paris Agreement,” WRI, May 30, 2018.

“U.S. Climate Assessment:  Now is the Warmest Period in Modern Times,” with Kelly Levin, WRI, November 3, 2017.

“G20 Economies Must Lead on Climate Despite U.S. Position on the Paris Agreement,” with Andrew Steer, WRI, July 3, 2017.

“White House Abandoning Paris Agreement Harms the U.S. as Other Countries Step Up,” WRI, June 2, 2017.

“Business, Security, Diplomatic Leaders Urge Trump to Stay in Paris Agreement,” WRI, May 10, 2017.

“The Paris Agreement: Should the U.S. Stay or Should it Go?” with David Waskow, WRI, April 17, 2017.

“Will Merkel Use Next Week's U.S. Visit to Boost the Paris Agreement?” with David Waskow, WRI, March 10, 2017.

“North American Climate Cooperation at a Crossroads,” with Gwynne Taraska and Howard Marano, Center for American Progress (CAP), February 16, 2017.

“How the G20 Could Save the Paris Climate Deal,” with Gwynne Taraska, Climate Home, February 15, 2017.

“America Can't Afford to be a Climate Loner,” with David Waskow, WRI, January 25, 2017.

“What Did Confirmation Hearings Tell us about Trump's Priorities on Climate Change,” WRI, Jan. 20, 2017

“Tillerson's Hearings Fail to Assure the American Public on Climate Change,” WRI, January 13, 2017.

“The World's Biggest Carbon Emitters Are Set to Officially Join the Paris Climate Deal,” with Gwynne Taraska, Think Progress, September 1, 2016.

“Will the G20 Spur Post-Paris Climate Action?” with Helen Mountford, WRI, August 15, 2016.

“Three Amigos Summit Can Spur North American Climate Action,” with Sam Adams, WRI, June 30, 2016.

“Three Climate and Energy Issues to Watch During the Modi-Obama State Visit," WRI, June 1, 2016.

“The Great Potential -- and Great Risks -- of Gene Editing,” with Jesse Kirkpatrick, The Washington Post, December 11, 2015.

“10 Essential Pollution Reduction and Public Health Measures in President Obama’s Climate Plan,” with Richard Caperton and Dan Weiss, CAP, June 25, 2013.

“Kabuki Theatre:  Calls for U.S. Negotiators to Leave Doha are Unpoductive and Inconsistent,” with Gwynne Taraska, Climate Progress, December 5, 2012. 

“Testimony:  H.R. 4255, the Accountability in Grants Act of 2012,” CAP, September 11, 2012.

“The Climate is Changing But the U.S. Position on 2C is Not,” Climate Progress, August 9, 2012.

“New Deal on Global Climate Change," with John Podesta, Politico, February 16, 2012.

“How the Rio+20 Earth Summit Could Have Been Better,” with Gwynne Taraska and Adam James, CAP, June 26, 2012.

“Rio Meeting can still Produce a Key Climate Outcome,” with Durwood Zaelke, The Hill, June 20, 2012.

“Why Durban Matters,” CAP, December 19, 2011.

“Climate Finance is Key to U.S. Climate Credibility,” with Rebecca Lefton and Adam James, CAP, December 6, 2011.

“House Airline Bill Risks Diplomatic Fallout and Disaster to U.S. Industry,” with Rebecca Lefton, CAP, October 27, 2011.

“Key Pact in Global Warming Fight,” with John Podesta, Politico, December 17, 2010.

“The Cancun Compromise:  Masterful Diplomacy Ends with Agreement,” CAP, December 13, 2010.

“Has Japan Killed the Kyoto Protocol?” CAP, December 8, 2010.

“Real Reductions America Can Easily Afford:  EPA Modeling Shows American Power Act Brings Economic and Climate Benefits,” with Richard Caperton, CAP, June 15, 2010.

“The Copenhagen Accord at Three Months,” with Sean Pool, CAP, March 20, 2010.

“Progress from the Copenhagen Accord:  A Good Start to Global Progress on Climate Safety,” Grist, February 10, 2010.

“A Copenhagen Compact,” Grist, December 18, 2009.

Publications – Service

Editorial Board, Environmental Ethics, 1998-2009 and 2025-.

Editorial Board, Public Philosophy Journal, 2014-

Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Ethics and Philosophy, 2008-

Editorial Board, Theoria, 2007-

Editorial Board, Philosophical Practice, 2005- 

Editorial Board, Ecological Restoration, 2001-2015

Editorial Board, Nature:  Climate Change, 2011-2013

Editorial Board, Environmental Communication, 2007-2009.

Editorial Board, Environmental Values, 1997-2009.

Editorial Board, Studies in Pragmatism and Value, 1999-2005. 

Editorial Board, Journal of Architectural Education, 2001-2004.

Editorial Board, Terra Nova: Nature and Culture, 1996-2000.

Awards, Honors, and Grants

A. Awards and Honors

Administrator’s Gold Medal Award, U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, December 2024, for work on U.S.-Republic of Korea Civil Nuclear Cooperation, specifically resolving a 15 year dispute between the two countries involving nuclear export control and intellectual property, encompassing a new government to government Memorandum of Understanding on export control, and advising on a private sector Settlement Agreement.

Secretary of Energy Achievement Award, U.S. Department of Energy, January 2023, in recognition of participation and leadership on the Department’s Ukraine Response Team, and “extraordinary dedication to the Presidential-level commitment to provide emergency energy assistance to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion,” including provision of essential equipment and materials to repair Ukraine’s electrical grid and restore power, coordination of international collective actions to assist repair and reconstruction of Ukraine’s energy sector, and marshalling of U.S. resources to stabilize global energy markets.

Inaugural Public Philosophy Award, International Society for Environmental Ethics, June 2017, for work on the creation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the Kigali Amendment (HFC phase down) to the Montreal Protocol, and other global service on climate policy in the NGO sector and in the U.S. government.  This award has now been named the “Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy.”

Superior Honor Award, U.S. Department of State, July 2016.  Awarded for “contributions to the U.S. effort that made the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris, where the landmark Paris Agreement was concluded, a historic success.”

Inaugural Alain Locke Award for Public Philosophy, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, March 2016. Awarded in recognition of work for the U.S. Department of State 2013-2016, especially toward achieving the Paris Climate Agreement and advancing bilateral climate and clean energy efforts between India and the U.S. aimed at sustainably reducing energy poverty and enhancing climate resilience.

B. Grants

Hewlett Foundation Award:  “Building a Foundation for Strengthened U.S.-E.U. Cooperation on Climate Change,” 2020-2021.

LAD Climate Fund: “Philanthropic Community Roundtable on Solar Geoengineeering,” 2019-2020.

Hewlett Foundation Award:  “Extending the U.S.-China Track II Dialogue on Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development,” 2019-2020. 

ClimateWorks Foundation Award (subgrant through Aspen Foundation):  “Air Quality and Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Resources for U.S.-India Track II Dialogue on Climate Change and Clean Energy,” 2019. 

Pisces Foundation Award, ”Building International Ambition for Mitigating Short-Lived Climate Pollutants,” with Katie Ross and David Waskow, 2018-2019. 

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Award:  “Continuing the U.S.-China Track II Dialogue on Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development: An opportunity at a critical moment,” 2017-2018. 

Connect U.S. Fund Award:  “Blue Skies: International Aviation Emissions and Climate Finance,” with Nigel Purvis, Climate Advisers, 2012-2013.

Open Society Foundation Award:  “Carbon Cap Equivalents,” 2009-2011.

National Science Foundation Workshop Award, Science, Technology, and Society Division: “Studies of Science, Technology, and Sustainability:  Building a Research Agenda,” with Clark Miller and Dan Sarewitz, Arizona State University, 2008.

National Science Foundation Ethics Education Award:  “Nano-ethics on the World Wide Web: Helping Faculty Enhance Graduate Education,” with Suzanne G. Brainard, Marjorie Olmstead, Francois Baneyx, and Buddy D. Ratner (all of the University of Washington), 2008-2010.

Simpson Center for the Humanities Research Cluster Award, University of Washington: “Critical Animal Studies,” 2007-2008.

National Science Foundation Development Award, Science, Technology, and Society Division: “Building Capability in Philosophical Approaches to Ethics and Science and Technology,” with Michael Kelly, American Philosophical Association, 2004-2007.

New York University Curriculum Development Challenge Grant:  “Creating an Environmental Studies Program at NYU,” with Dale Jamieson, NYU,  2004-2005. 

New York University Goddard Award, 2003-2004.

National Science Foundation Scholar’s Award, Science, Technology and Society Division: “The Ethics of Ecological Restoration and the Value of Public Participation,” 2000-2002. 

Visiting Scholar Award, Institute for Environmental and Regional Studies, Pace University (NYC): “Urban Ecological Citizenship,” Spring 2002. 

New Directions Initiative, Colorado School of Mines:  “Urban Ecosystem Restoration, An Interdisciplinary Approach. Waterway Enhancement in Christchurch City, New Zealand,” with Margaret Kilvington and Colin Meurk, Landcare Research Institute, New Zealand,  2001-2002.

New York University Research Challenge Grant:  “Environmental Ethics:  An Anglo-American Exchange,” 2001-2002. 

SUNY Binghamton Faculty Development Awards, 1999 and 2000.

Awarded Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem for 1998-1999 academic year. Declined due to move to new position in New York.

Research Assistantship, University of California Carcinogen Risk Assessment Project, 1990-1991.

Last 50 Conference & Workshop Presentations   

A complete list is available on request.

330. “Weathering the Climate Storm: Reflecting on Science and Policy at a Crossroads,” Environmental Ethics in Dialogue conference, Boston College, September 2025 (plenary panel).

329.  “A Forecast for International Governance of Climate Engineering – Cooperation and Conflicts,” Resources for the Future-Harvard University Solar Radiation Management Social Science Research Workshop, Washington, D.C., September 2025 (plenary address).

328.  “How Should India Respond to Global Efforts on Climate Engineering?” Artha Global Dialogue, Kochi, India, August 2025.

327.  “Headwinds for Progress on International Governance of Climate Engineering,” Solar Geoengineering Research: Next Steps for the Climate Movement workshop, Cheseapeake Climate Action Network and Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., July 2025.

326.  “The Current State and Direction of U.S. International Climate and Energy Policy,” U.S.-China Track II Dialogue on Climate Finance and Trade, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Beijing, China, June 2025.

325. “Borgmann’s Ethics for America in Troubled Times,” Second Annual Albert Borgmann Memorial Lecture, University of Montana, Missoula, June 2025.

324. “Advancing a Global Clean Energy Transition while Fighting an Energy War with Russia at the U.S. Department of Energy,” International Society for Environmental Ethics 22^nd Annual Meeting, Missoula, Montana, June 20-25

323. “India’s Pathway on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors:  Supply Chains over Units,” India-U.S. Track II Dialogue on Energy Cooperation,” Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C., May 2025.

322.  “Anticipating and Preparing for Larger Future Governance Challengers,” Degrees Global Forum: Critical Discussions in a Warming World, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2025 (plenary panel).

321.  “Expectations on Solar Radiation Management Modelling for Policy Makers,” Degrees Global Forum: Critical Discussions in a Warming World, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2025.

320.  “How Plausible Are Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Scenarios?” Field Building Workshop: A Moratorium for Solar Geoengineering?, University of Chicago, May 2025.

319.  “Energy Independence from Russia for the Baltics is Energy Security for the World,” Energy Independence Day: A Ceremony of the Baltic State Connection to the Continental Europe Electricity System, Vilnius, Lithuania, February 2025.

318.  “The United States and the Global Energy Transition: Retrospect and Prospect,” Council on Foreign Relations roundtable keynote and fireside chat, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2025.

317.  “The Road to Global Tripling Renewables by 2030 Requires a Six Fold Increase in Energy Storage,” Clean Energy Ministerial Supercharging Battery Storage panel, Canada Pavilion, COP 29, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 2024.

316.  “Why Establish the First International Energy Agency Regional Center in Singapore?” Opening Event, IEA Regional Center, Singapore International Energy Week, Singapore, October 2024. (keynote address)

315.  “Southeast Asia’s Clean Energy Grid as a Foundation for Green Manufacturing,” Advancing Regional Energy Interconnectivity, Singapore International Energy Week, Singapore, October 2024.

314.  “Prime Minister Modi’s New Energy Team, India Climate Series, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2024.

313.  “Lowering the Global Cost for Green Hydrogen Through India’s National Hydrogen Mission,” Roundtable on Energy Transition and Supply Chains, U.S.-India Business Council, New Delhi, India, August 2024.

312.  “Building a Transatlantic Public-Private Partnership for Ukraine’s Recovery and Reconstruction,” Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation panel, Bucharest, Romania, July 2024

311.  “Data for Resilience: Enhancing Cooperation in Eastern Europe on Energy Infrastructure Security,” Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation working group, Bucharest, Romania, July 2024.

310.  “India as a Clean Energy Superpower,” U.S.-India Clean Energy Symposium panel, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., June 2024.

309. “Responsibilities for Securing Ukraine’s Immediate Distributed Generation Needs,” Friends of Ukraine roundtable, International Energy Agency, Paris, France, June 2024.

308.  “Advancing Cooperation for Methane Mitigation Among Major Oil Producers,” Net Zero Producers Forum Ministerial panel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 2024.

307.  “Cooperation Towards Greater Renewable Energy Generation to Balance Grids,” U.S.-China “Sunnylands” Working Group on Energy Cooperation, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., May 2024.

306.  “Toward a new G7 Leaders Global Goal for 1500GW of Energy Storage by 2030,” NGO Roundtable on G7 Priorities, Bezos Earth Fund, Washington, D.C., April 2024.

305.  “U.S.-EU Cooperation on Energy Security and Clean Energy Transitions”
“Building a Transatlantic Clean Energy Economy,” panel, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., March 2024.

304.  “Continuing U.S. Commitments to Ukraine’s Energy Security,”
“Defending Ukraine’s Energy Security” side event, EU Pavilion, COP 28, Dubai, UAE, December 2023.

303.  “How Can We Accelerate Progress on Small Modular Reactors?”
“Is Nuclear Deployment Too Slow for Net Zero,” side event, International Atomic Energy Agency Pavilion, COP 28, Dubai, UAE, December 2023.

302.  “A Fair Energy Deal for Africa,”
“Clean Technology Funding for Net Zero,” side event, EU Pavilion, COP 28, Dubai, UAE, December 2023.

301.  “Enhancing Gender Equality in Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment,”
“Accelerating Technologies and Gender Equality in Renewable Energy,” German Pavilion, COP 28, Dubai, UAE, December 2023.

300.  “A New Global Target for Battery Storage to Compliment a Commitment to Tripling Renewables,”
“Introducing the Clean Energy Ministerial’s Supercharging Battery Storage Initiative,” side event, Australia Pavilion, COP 28, Dubai, UAE, December 2023. 

299.  “Diversifying the Economies of Oil Exporters,” Net Zero Producers Forum panel discussion, Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, COP 28, Dubai, UAE, December 2023.

298.  “Advancing cooperation in the Quad on Clean Hydrogen, CCUS, and Green Corridors,” 
“Quad Initiatives for Clean Energy Innovation and Development in the Indo-Pacific,” side Event, India Pavilion, COP 28, Dubai, UAE, December 2023.

297.  “U.S. National Statement on Clean Energy Transitions and Energy Security in the Arctic,”
Arctic Circle Assembly, Reykjavik, Iceland, October 2023 (plenary address).

296.  “Introductory Remarks:  Cooperation on Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in the Arctic,”
“Grappling with the Arctic Methane Curveball,” side event, Arctic Circle Assembly, Reykjavik, Iceland, October 2023.

295.  “Advancing U.S.-India Cooperation on Power, Energy Efficiency, and Methane Reduction in the Oil and Gas Sectors,” U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership Ministerial Meeting, New Delhi, India, July 2023.

294.  “Cities as Sites for Sustainability:  From New Orleans to Kyiv,”
Launch of Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) Green Cities Alliance, Split, Croatia, March 2023.

293.  “Snapshot from an Energy War:  How We Found and Sent 900 Pieces of Emergency High-Voltage Electricity Equipment to Relieve Ukraine,” 
“Focus on Ukraine: Support and Assistance in the Wake of Russia’s Attacks” panel discussion, P-TECC Ministerial, Zagreb, Croatia, March 2023.

292.  “Creating a Joint Strategy on G7 and G20 Clean Energy Ambition,” U.S.-UK Strategic Energy Dialogue Ministerial Meeting, London, England, February 2023.

291.  “U.S. Advancements on Clean Hydrogen:  From Domestic Industrial Policy to International Cooperation,” India Energy Week Leadership Panel on Green Hydrogen Economics, Bangalore, India, Feb. 2023.

290.  “Advancing the Business Case for U.S.-India Clean Energy Cooperation,” India Energy Week side event with Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Bangalore, India, February 2023.

289.  “The Transformation of U.S. Clean Energy and Climate Policy through BIL, IRA, and CHIPs,” Canadian Climate Institute/Net -Zero Advisory Body Conference, Ottawa, Canada, October 2022 (keynote address).

288.  “Responding to the Energy Security Emergency in Europe While Reducing Emissions,” U.S.-Germany High Level Panel: Ambition to Action side event, Global Clean Energy Action Forum, Pittsburgh, September 2022.

287.  “India’s Energy Future is the World’s Energy Future,” Towards the Path to the 14^th Clean Energy Ministerial in India, Global Clean Energy Action Forum, Pittsburgh, September 2022.

286.  “Advancing U.S.-India Cooperation on Power and Energy Efficiency,” U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership Ministerial Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 2022.

285.  “Advancing Southeast Asia as a Power House for Clean Energy Supply Chains,” Southeast Asia Energy Ministerial Roundtable, Singapore, July 2022.

284. “Why the U.S. and India need Alternative Clean Energy Supply Chains,” U.S.-India Industry Forum, Mumbai, India, May 2022.

283.  “Clean Energy as the Secure Road to Energy Security,” Observer Research Foundation Roundtable on India’s Energy Transition, Mumbai, India, May 2022.

282.  “India’s Leadership Role in a New Global Clean Hydrogen Economy,” U.S.-India Public-Private Hydrogen Task Force Meeting, New Delhi, India, May 2022.

281.  “Three Decades of U.S.-India Clean Energy Cooperation,” Council on Energy, Environment and Water Roundtable on Civil Society’s Role in India-U.S. Cooperation for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition, New Delhi, India, May 2022.

280.  “Improving the Business Environment for Clean Energy Deployment in India,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce Embassy Roundtable, May 2022.

Invited Presentations

University of Maryland, Baltimore Country
Center for Ethics and Values, 2025

Australia National University
University of Sydney (Australia)
Ohio State University
Inst. for Climate, Energy, & Disaster Solutions, 2024
Sydney Environment Institute, 2022
CEHV Distinguished Lecture in Ethics, 2020
Center for Ethics and Human Values (CEHV), 2017
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, 2015

Stanford University
School of Law, 2019
Environmental Humanities Project, 2011

Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Delft University (The Netherlands)
Office of the Ambassador for Climate Change, 2019
U.S. Climate Colloquia, 2019
Faculty of Technology, Policy, & Management, 2019
Philosophy Department, 2004

Smith College
Duke University
Philosophy in the Public Sphere, 2018
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy, 2018
Kenan Institute for Ethics, 2017

Purdue University
University of Montana
Political Science Department, 2018
Mansfield Center, 2018
Practical Ethics Center, 2008, 2007, 2006, 1998
Women’s Studies Program, 1998
Clergy-Faculty Forum, 1998

University of Colorado, Boulder
Center for Values and Social Policy, 2018, 2007
Environmental Studies Program, 2016, 2011
School of Journalism, 2011
Center for the Arts and Humanities, 2008

University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
School of Law, 2017
Ethics in the Public Sphere Lecture, 2017
Philosophy Department, 2017
School of Int’l Relations and Pacific Studies, 2012

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Political Science Department, 2017, 1995
Porter School of Environmental Studies, 2017
Geography Department, 1995, 1996

Paulson Institute (China)
University of Pennsylvania
University of California, Berkeley
Beijing Office, 2017
Perry Global House, 2017
Energy and Resources Group, 2017, 1998
Integrative Biology Department, 2013
School of Natural Resources, 2009

Boston College
Ctr for Study of Constitutional Democracy, 2017 
Philosophy Department, 2017

Virginia Polytechnic University
Science, Technology, and Society Program, 2017

University of Tennessee
Howard Baker Center for Public Policy, 2017

University of Rochester
Humanities Center, 2016

Whitman College
O’Donnell Visiting Lecturer, 2016

University of Western Ontario (Canada)
Rotman Institute of Philosophy of Science, 2016

Pennsylvania State University
Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology, 2016
Rock Ethics Institute, 2016
Philosophy Department, 2000

Washington State University
Philosophy Department 2016, 2012, 2008
2003 Potter Endowed Lecture

National Center for Climate Change Strategy (China)
U.S.-China Track II on Climate Change, 2015

Oxford University (England)
Oxford Martin School, 2014
Mansfield College, 1997

Mercer University
Undergraduate Research Keynote Address, 2014
Public Lecture, 2000

California State University, San Marcos
Environmental Studies Campus Lecture, 2014

University of Frankfurt (Germany)
Political Science Department, 2013

Freie University Berlin (Germany)
Kennedy Inst. for North American Studies, 2013

Yale University
Institute for Bioethics, 2013
School of Forestry, 2004

University of Alberta (Canada)
Philosophy Department, 2013, 1996, 1994
Political Science Department, 1997
Public Health Sciences Department, 1996
Renewable Resources Department, 1996
Modern Languages Department, 1995
Center for Bioethics, 1995

Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government, 2012

University of Helsinki (Finland)
Aesthetics Department, 2012, 1998

Arizona State University
Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, 2012

Green Mountain College
Campus Lecture, 2012
Philosophy Department, 2004, 1999

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wesson Lecture, Nelson Institute, 2012

University of Lund (Sweden)
Environmental Studies Program, 2011

Texas A&M University
Buttrill Endowed Fund for Ethics Lecture, 2011
School of Architecture, 1994 

University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Environmental Engineering Department, 2011

Appalachian State University
University Lecture, 2011

The American Center, Mumbai (India)
US State Department, India 2010

St. Xavier’s College, University of Bombay (India)
College Wide Address, 2010

Indian Business School, Mumbai (India)
Environmental Management, 2010

Visva-Bharati University (India)
Environmental Science, 2010

The American Center, Kolkata (India)
US State Department, India, 2010

The American Center, Delhi (India)
US State Department, India, 2010

Indian Social Institute (India)
Delhi, India 2010

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (England)
Climate Group, 2010

Institute for Policy Research, London
Transatlantic Policy Forum, 2010

University of Illinois
Center for the Humanities, 2010

The Center, Brussels (Belgium)
German Marshall Fund, Brussels, 2010, 2010

Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin (Germany)
Transatlantic Dialog Speaker, 2010

University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Environmental Science and Policy, 2009

Case Western Reserve University
Humanities Week Speaker, 2009

Grand Valley State University
University Environmental Studies Lecture, 2009

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Institute for Advanced Studies, 2009
Geography Department, 1994

University of Minnesota, Morris
Philosophy Department, 2009

University of Chicago
Conceptual & Historical Studies of Science, 2009

SUNY New Paltz
Philosophy Department, 2009

Villanova University
Campus Sustainability Lecture, 2008

Washington and Lee University
Philosophy Department, 2008

National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado, 2008

Western Washington University
Huxley College of Environment, 2008

Clemson University
Rutland Institute for Ethics, 2008

University of Central Arkansas
Environmental Science Program, 2008

National Park Comm. College
Public Lecture, 2008

Iowa State University
Center for the Arts and Humanities, 2008
Program on Bioethics, 2006

University of British Columbia (Canada)
Center for Applied Ethics, 2008, 2005

Hokkaido University (Japan)
Division of Philosophy, 2007, 2006

Georgetown University
Kennedy Institute for Ethics, 2007

NOAA Seattle Office
Restoration Ecology Section, 2006

Wesleyan University
Center for the Humanities, 2006

Oregon State University
Philosophy Department, 2006

Queen’s University (Canada)
Film Studies Department, 2006

University of Texas, Austin
School of Architecture, 2006, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01
Geography Department, 2002

University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Philosophy Department, 2006

Ctr. for Professional & Applied Ethics, 2006

Central European University (Hungary)
Environmental Sciences Department, 2006

Simon Frazier University (Canada)
Philosophy Department, 2005

Bard College
Center for Environmental Policy, 2005, 2004

Hunter College (CUNY)
Geography Department, 2005

Florida Atlantic University
Biology Department, 2005

University of Iceland
Philosophy Department, 2004

Maastricht University (The Netherlands)
Philosophy Department, 2004

University of Twente (The Netherlands)
Philosophy Department, 2004

Skidmore College
Philosophy Department, 2004

Texas State University
Philosophy Department, 2004

New York University
Institute for American Studies, 2004, 02, 01

Center for Media, Culture and History, 2001
nternational Center for Advanced Studies, 2000

University of Georgia
Environmental Ethics Endowed Lecture, 2003

University of Maine
Philosophy Department, 2003
University Lecture, 2003

University of California, Santa Cruz
Environmental Studies Department, 2003
Film Studies Program, 1995

National Wildflower Center
Public Lecture, 2003

Ecole Normale Supérieure (France)
Biology Department, 2002

Carnegie Mellon University
University Lecture, 2002

Rutgers University
Agricultural Economics Department, 2002

Princeton University
Center for Human Values, 2002
Woodrow Wilson Institute, 2001

CUNY Graduate Center
Center for Culture, Technology, and Work, 2002

Fordham University
Philosophy Department, 2002

Southern Connecticut State University
Philosophy Department, 2002

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Geosciences Department, 2002

The Nathan Cummings Foundation
New Israel Fund, 2002

University of Tasmania, Hobart (Australia)
School of Philosophy, 2001
School of Geography, 2001
Public Lecture, 2001

University of Tasmania, Launceston (Australia)
School of Philosophy, 2001
Public Lecture, 2001

University of South Carolina
Philosophy Department, 2001

Lancaster University (England)
Philosophy Department, 2001, 2000, 1999

Michigan State University
Sustainability Program, 2001
Philosophy Department, 2001

Albright College
Philosophy Department, 2000

Siena College
Environmental Studies Program, 2000

University of Oregon
Philosophy Department, 2000

Temple University
Philosophy Department, 2000

Brooklyn College (CUNY)
Sociology Department, 2000

New York Open Center
Technology Forum, 2000

Cornell Cooperative Extension (NYC)
Environmental Management Section, 2000

The Hastings Center
Ethics Colloquium, 2000, 1999 

Utah State University
Environmental Policy Program, 1999

Florida A&M University
Environmental Sciences Institute, 1999

Middlebury College
Environmental Studies Program, 1999

Georgia State University
Philosophy Department, 1999

Nazareth College
Philosophy Department, 1999

State University of New York, Binghamton
Biology Department, 1999
Economics Department, 1998

University of San Francisco
Philosophy Department, 1998

Bloomsburg University
Public Lecture, 1998

The University of Vermont
School of Natural Resources, 1998

East Tennessee State University
Philosophy Department, 1998

University of Turku (Finland)
Philosophy Department, 1998

University of Tampere (Finland)
Philosophy Department, 1998

Gonzaga University
Philosophy Department, 1998

Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Inst. (USFS)
Staff Lecture, 1998

Monash University (Australia)
Politics Department, 1997

Swinburne University (Australia)
Philosophy Department, 1997

Murdoch University (Australia)
Philosophy Department, 1997

University of Lethbridge (Canada)
Philosophy Department, 1997

California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Philosophy Department, 1997

Denison University
Philosophy Department, 1997

University of York (England)
Environmental Economics Department, 1996

San Jose State University
Philosophy Department, 1995

Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)
Geography Department, 1995

Gustavus-Adolphus College
Philosophy Department, 1994

The Tuskeegee Institute
Philosophy Department, 1993

California State University, San Bernardino
Philosophy Department, 1992

Courses Taught

Listed from most recently taught.

Undergraduate:  International Climate Policy and Ethics, International Energy Policy, Normative Dimensions of Climate Science, Normative Implications of Emerging Science (Restoration Ecology, Novel Ecosystems, and the Geological Debate on the Anthropocene), Environmental Ethics, Moral Psychology and Public Policy, Animal Cognition and Moral Considerability, Animal Welfare, Philosophy of Film, Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Bioethics and Film, Political Philosophy, Logic, Introduction to Ethics (Aristotle, Kant, Mill), Race and Ethnicity in America, Critical Thinking, Introduction to Philosophy. 

Graduate:  Climate, Energy and National Security, Methodological Problems in Climate Science, International Climate Policy, Climate Ethics and Policy, Topics in Environmental Policy, Ethics and Public Policy, Foundations of Environmental Thought, Environmental Ethics. 

Special Institutes and Invited Courses

“International Climate Negotiations, Policy, and Ethics,” O’Donnell Visiting Professor Short Course, Whitman College, October 2016.

“Finding a Future for Climate Ethics,” European Union IDEA League, Responsible Engineering in a Warming World Summer School, Delft University, The Netherlands, June 2010.

“The Moral Journey of Environmentalism:  From Natural Affinity to Climate Crisis,” National Endowment for the Humanities Summer School, University of Hartford, June 2010.

“Fire, Restoration, and Wilderness in an Age of Climate Change,” Environmental Ethics Institute, Center for Ethics, University of Montana, June 2009.

 “Environmental Ethics and Policy,” Environmental Ethics Institute, Center for Ethics, University of Montana, August 2007, 2008.

“Foundations of Environmental Thought,” Environmental Ethics Institute, Center for Ethics, University of Montana, July 2006.

“Nature Matters: On the Varieties of Environmental Experience,” with G. Handwerk and L. Jarosz, Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities, University of Washington, June-August 2006.

“Environmental Ethics,” Intensive Week Graduate Course, U. S. National Park Service Conservation Study Institute, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, Vermont, March 2003.

“Humanity and Technology,” Humanities Fellows Program, University of Idaho, May 2000.

“Environmental Pragmatism,” with Kelly Parker, Two Day Short Course, Summer Institute in American Philosophy, University of Vermont, July 1999.

“Environmental Ethics and the Urban Environment,” Intensive Week Graduate Course, University of San Francisco, July 1999.

“Environmental Ethics and Environmental Pragmatism,” Invited Guest Seminar, Energy and Natural Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, November 1998.

Graduate Committees

A.  Ph.D. Dissertations

Director, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Beyond Our Biology:  A Computational Study of Ethics and Morality,” John Sullins, Philosophy, SUNY Binghamton, 2002. Current Position: Professor of Philosophy, Sonoma State University, California.

Director, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Urban Environmental Ethics:  Toward Flourishing Human and Ecological Communities,” James Sheppard, Philosophy, SUNY Binghamton, 2002. Current Position:  Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Missouri at Kansas City.

Reader and External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Misplaced Hopes, Dysfunctional Attachments, and Unplanned Energy Transitions: The Role of Clean Coal Discourse in the Cultivation of Energy Communitarianism Along the Ohio River,” Richard T. Stafford, Cultural Studies, �鶹��Ƶ, 2022.
Current Position:  Director of Communications, Honor’s College, �鶹��Ƶ.

Reader and External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “The Aesthetics of Everyday Urban Experiences,” 
Vesa Vihanninjoki, Philosophy, History, and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2020. 
Current Position:  Building Specialist, Granlund, Finland.

Reader and External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Designing for Darkness:  Urban Nighttime Lighting and Environmental Values,” Taylor Stone, Philosophy, Delft Univ. of Technology, Netherlands, 2019.
Current Position:  Researcher, Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Bonn.

Reader and External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Civic Ecologism: Towards an Environmental Political Theory of the City,” Nir Barak, Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2018.
Current Position:  Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Architecture, Technion: Israel Inst. of Technology.

Reader, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Informal Innovation and Climate Change: The Role of Kenyan Jua Kali Metal Workers in Developing and Distributing Fuel-Efficient Cook Stoves,” Neil Ransom, Environmental Science & Policy, �鶹��Ƶ, 2017.

Reader, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Toward a Qualitative Model of Progress,” Anat Itay, Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2011.
Current Position: Director for Societal Progress and Quality of Life, American Jewish JDC.

Reader, Ph.D. Dissertation, “The Significance of an Overlapping Consensus on Human Rights,” Eunjung Katherine Kim, Philosophy, University of Washington, 2008.
Current Position: Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University.

Reader, Ph.D. Dissertation, “The Roots of Moral Considerability:  Ecological Responsibility in Deontological Ethics,” Benjamin Hale, Philosophy, SUNY Stony Brook, 2004.
Current Position:  Associate Professor of Env. Studies & Philosophy, University of Colorado.

Reader, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Autonomy and Obligation,” Jon Mahoney, Philosophy, SUNY Binghamton, 2000.
Current Position:  Professor of Philosophy, Kansas State University.

Reader, Ph.D. Dissertation, “On the Significance of Consciousness:  A Defense of the Use of Experience in Theories of the Mind,” Bob Davidson, Philosophy, SUNY Binghamton, 2000.

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “On the Value of Environmental Pragmatism in Economic Decision-Making,” Leanne Seelinger, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2009.

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Towards an Alternative Ontology,” Maialen Galarraga Gallastegui, Philosophy, Lancaster University, England, 2008.

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “The Recovery Project and Artifactual Ecology:  A New Direction for Environmental Thought,” Elizabeth M. Skakoon, Philosophy, McMaster University, Canada, 2005.

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Technology as World Building:  Towards a New Framework for the Public Assessment of Technology,” Anne Chapman, Philosophy, Lancaster University, England, 2005.

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “The Wilderness Years:  A Critical Discussion of the Role of Prescribed Newness in Environmental Ethics,” David Littlewood, Philosophy, Lancaster University, England, 2002.

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “The Promises of Eco-Anarchism,” Giorel Curran, Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia, 1998.

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, “Autopoiesis and Immanent Teleology: Toward an Aristotelian Environmental Ethic,” Stephan Millett, Philosophy, Murdoch University, Australia, 1997.

B.  M.A. or M.S. Theses

Director, M.A. Thesis, “Do Our Better Angles Stand Beside Us?  An Examination of Organizational Conflict and Moral Character,” Robert Thomas, Philosophy and Public Affairs, �鶹��Ƶ, 2017.

Director, M.A. Thesis, “Sustainable Tourism:  An Option for Development in Mexico,” Clemintina Oliveras, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, 2004.

Director, M.A. Thesis, “In Defense of Ethical Naturalism,” David Roberts, Philosophy, University of Montana, 1998.

Reader, M.S. Thesis, “Pragmatism and Ecological Restoration,” Brian Hoffner, Environmental Policy Studies, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2002.

Reader, M.S. Thesis, “Sustainable Agriculture:  Pragmatism, Distinctions on Artifacts, and the Role of the Land Ethic,” Dustin Mulvaney, Environmental Policy Studies, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2002.

Reader, M.A. Thesis, “Terror and Indifference: The Device Paradigm and the Nicaraguan Contra War,” Gus Glaser, Philosophy, University of Montana, 1999.

C.  Non Thesis M.A. or M.S. Students

Sole advisor for over 40 non-thesis M.A. students in Environmental Conservation Education, New York University, 2001-2005.  A complete list is available upon request. 

Academic Service

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Director (founder at GMU), Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy (2013-present)
Director, Center for Global Ethics (2008-2013)
Research Team, Center for Climate Change Communication (2008-present)
Advisory Council, Institute for a Sustainable Earth (2018-present)
Member, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee (2009-2011)
Member, Vice President for Research Ad-hoc Investigation Committee, (2010, 2019)
Member, Department of Philosophy Faculty Assessment Committee (2011-2013, 2019-)
Chair, Philosophy of Science Search Committee (2019)
Chair, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Faculty Search Committee (2011 and 2016)
Member, Philosophy of Science Search Committee (2010)
Member, Institute for Biomedical Innovation Director Search Committee (2016)
Finalist Judge, The Mitchell Scholarships, Ireland (2012)

University of Washington

Interim Director, Program on the Environment (Spring 2007)
Affiliate Faculty, Program in Public Health Genetics (2005-2008)
Chair, Program on the Environment Executive Steering Committee (2006-2008) 
Member, University of Washington School of the Environment Advisory Committee (2006-2007)
Member, School of Public Affairs Research Committee (2006-2008)
Member, Program on Values in Society, Department of Philosophy (2005-2008)
Member, Department of Philosophy Visiting Committee (2005-2008)
Member, Department of Philosophy Graduate Placement Committee (2005-2008)
Member, Urban Ecology Research Group, School of Forestry (2005-2007)

New York University

Director, Environmental Conservation Education Program (2000-2005)
Co-Director, Applied Philosophy Group (2001-2005)
Member, School of Education Curriculum Committee (2001-2005)
Member, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions Curriculum Committee (2001-2005)
Affiliate Member, Graduate Program in Arts and Humanities Education (2000-2005)
Associate Member, Metropolitan Studies Program (2004-2005)

State University of New York, Binghamton

Member, Philosophy and Computing and Cognitive Science Graduate Committee (1998-2000)
Member, Philosophy, Politics & Law Undergraduate Committee (1998-2000) 
Member, Women’s Studies Program Governing Board (1998-2000) 
Member, Center for Research on Environmental Systems Governing Board (1998-2000)

University of Montana

Faculty Advisor, Department of Liberal Studies, Environmental Studies Emphasis (1997-1998)
Member, Department of Philosophy Undergraduate Majors Committee (1997-1998)
Member, Department of Liberal Studies Film Studies Curriculum Committee (1997-1998) 
Member, Environmental Studies BA Curriculum Committee (1997-1998)
Member, Center for Practical Ethics Faculty Advisory Committee (1997-1998)

University of Alberta

Participant and author of Wilderness Ethics component for Eco-Research grant, “Jasper National Park in the 21st Century,” David Schindler, principal investigator.

Editor, Working Papers Series, Eco-Research Chair in Environmental Risk Management.  22 papers in Series.

Report Editor and Project Organizer, “Toward an Ideal World of Environmental Risk Management,” 28 participants from 11 departments. 

University of California, Riverside

Assistant Coordinator, Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Gender Studies Group, 1991-1993.
Graduate Student Representative to Philosophy Faculty Council, 1991-1993.

Professional Organizations

American Philosophical Association, International Society for Environmental Ethics, Society for Ecological Restoration, Society for Applied Philosophy, Society for Philosophy and Technology, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.

Organizations Service

Advisory Board, Center for Climate and Security, 2025-

Advisory Board, Evergreen Climate Action, 2020-21.

Vice Chair for Policy, Executive Board, Climate Advisers Trust, 2018-21.

Advisory Board, The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, 2009-21.

Member, Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs, Center for Climate and Security, 2017-19.

International Advisory Board, Hokkaido University, Japan, Ctr for Applied Ethics and Philosophy, 2007-16. 

Advisory Board Member, Ecosystem Restoration Through Interdisciplinary Exchange Program, University at Buffalo (SUNY), 2010-2013,

Steering Committee, Climate Justice Dialogue, World Resources Institute and Mary Robinson Foundation, 2012-2014

Panelist, National Science Foundation, Ethics Education in Science and Engineering Program, 2010-2013.

Panelist, National Science Foundation, Science, Technology and Society Program, 2006-2009.

Chair, American Philosophical Association standing committee on Career Opportunities and Placement, and Member of the National Executive Board, 2005-2008.

Member, American Philosophical Association standing committee on Career Opportunities, 2002-2005.

President, Society for Philosophy and Technology, 2001-2003.

Vice-President, Society for Philosophy and Technology, 1999-2001.

Member, Standing Committee on Ethics and Philosophy, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology1996-2000.