Michael Paul Nelson

Michael Paul Nelson is a Professor of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Humanities at Michigan Technological University. He has held a number of academic posts, leadership positions, and endowed chairs at a variety of institutions, including: Oregon State University, Michigan State University, University of Idaho, and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He is the author of many professional publications and books, most notably Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril with Kathleen Dean Moore. Though trained as a philosopher, Michael is an intensely interdisciplinary scholar: collaborating with ecologists, social scientists, writers, artists and designers over many years. He earned his PhD in philosophy at Lancaster University in England, where he wrote his dissertation on Leopold's land ethic.