Notes on Contributors
- Notes on Contributors
Elisa Aaltola, Ph. D., is a Lecturer in Philosophy (East Finland University). In her research, she has focused on animal ethics and, more generally, animal philosophy. Besides numerous papers in international journals, she has also written a Finnish book on animal ethics (Eläinten moraalinen arvo, 2004). E-mail: elanaa@utu.fi
Dana Berthold completed her Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Oregon in 2005, and now lives in the Columbia River Gorge. She works for a conservation oriented non-profit, where she is afforded plenty of opportunities to play in the dirt. E-mail: dana.berthold@gmail.com
Thomas Crowley recently completed a yearlong Fulbright fellowship in India. His research focused on the intersection of ethics, ecology and culture in the Indian context. He has previously received research grants to interview prominent ecophilosophers in Norway and to analyze different forms of ecotourism in Costa Rica. He has written articles on the legacy of Arne Naess and on the ecological worldviews of Rabindranath Tagore and Knut Hamsun. E-mail: thoscrowley@gmail.com
Andrew Fiala, Ph.D. is Director of the Ethics Center and Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno. He is the editor of Philosophy in the Contemporary World and author of several books, including Public War, Private Conscience (London: Continuum 2010). E-mail: afiala@csufresno.edu
Robert Kirkman is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Science and Technology in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is author of Skeptical Environmentalism: The Limits of Philosophy and Science (Indiana, 2002) and The Ethics of Metropolitan Growth: [End Page 143] The Future of Our Built Environment (Continuum, 2010). E-mail: robert.kirkman@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
Dr. Traci Warkentin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Hunter College, City University of New York, and a member of the advisory board for the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities. Her research interests include human-animal relationships, environmental ethics, environmental and geographic education, and animal and cultural geographies. She is currently investigating opportunities for reciprocity and interspecies etiquette in whale-human encounters. E-mail: traci.warkentin@gmail.com [End Page 144]
