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Katy Fulfer recently completed a PhD in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, where she is also a member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. As of August, she will be the Libman Professor of the Humanities at Hood College. She specializes in feminist applied ethics. Katy’s work is particularly interested in the intersection between globalization politics, reproductive ethics, and justice towards the environment. E-mail: ksmit285@uwo.ca

John Hadley is Research Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney. He was formerly Lecturer in Communication Ethics in the School of Communication and a lecturer in philosophy in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University. E-mail: j.hadley@uws.edu.au

Myra J. Hird is Professor and Queen’s National Scholar in the School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University, Canada (www.myrahird.com). Professor Hird is Director of the genera Research Group (gRG), an interdisciplinary research network of collaborating natural, social, and humanities scholars, and Director of Waste Flow, an interdisciplinary research project focused on waste as a global scientific-technical and socio-ethical issue (www.wasteflow.ca). Hird has published eight books and over fifty articles and book chapters on a diversity of topics relating to science studies. E-mail: myrahird@me.com

Gal Kober is an assistant professor in the department of philosophy at Bridgewater State University. Her work is centered mostly in Applied Ethics and in Philosophy of Biology. She graduated from Boston University in 2010, having completed a dissertation on the concept species in evolutionary biology and its dysfunction. E-mail: gal.kober@bridgew.edu [End Page 137]

Joel MacClellan is a PhD candidate in philosophy and Yates Dissertation Fellow at the University of Tennessee. He received his BA in philosophy, with minors in bioethics and environmental studies, from the University of Akron in 2002. He was a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Panama working in environmental education and sustainable development for two years before entering graduate school in 2005. E-mail: jmacclel@utk.edu

Kathy Rudy is Professor of Women’s Studies at Duke University. She is the author of Loving Animals: Toward a New Animal Advocacy (Minnesota, 2011), along with earlier books and articles on abortion, sexuality, feminism and queer theory. She holds an MDiv and a PhD in Theological Ethics. Her new book is entitled Sweetness and Devotion: Living with Diabetes and Dogs, and explores the cultural history and theories of both diabetes and service dogs. E-mail: krudy@duke.edu

Kristin Shrader-Frechette is O’Neill Professor, Biological Sciences Department and Philosophy Department, University of Notre Dame, and author of nearly 400 articles. Her 15 books include Environmental Justice (2003), Taking Action, Saving Lives (2007), and What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power (2011). Her research, funded by the US National Science Foundation for 28 years, has been translated into 13 languages. Her website: www.nd.edu/~kshrader; E-mail: kshrader@nd.edu [End Page 138]

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