Andrew Light
Andrew Light
Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Philosophy
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1996
Contact Information:
Parrington Hall, Room 205
Condon Hall, Room 612
alight@u.washington.edu
206.543.9888
Areas of Specialization:
Environmental Ethics and Policy, Philosophy of Technology, and Philosophical Issues in Architecture and Urban Planning
Andrew Light joined the Evans School faculty in 2005. His work focuses on environmental ethics and policy, philosophy of technology, and philosophical issues in architecture and urban planning.
Light holds a joint appointment in the University of Washington's Department of Philosophy, and adjunct appointments in the Department of Geography and the Institute for Public Health Genetics.
He is also: a research fellow at the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom; a faculty fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin; and an affiliate faculty member at the Center for Environmental Policy at Bard College in New York.
Light previously served as an assistant professor of environmental philosophy at New York University (tenured 2005), where he also directed the Environmental Conservation Education Program and the Applied Philosophy Group.
A prolific author, Light has written, edited, or co-edited 17 books, most recently Environment and Values with J. O'Neill and A. Holland (Routledge Press, 2006).
Light holds a Ph.D. and MA in philosophy from the University of California, Riverside, and a BA in history, political science, and philosophy from Mercer University.
Curriculum Vitae (142KB PDF)