Colin Weaver
Education
PhD, Relgious Ethics (expected 2023) University of Chicago
MA, Divinity, 2017 University of Chicago
BA, Studio Art, with distinction, Religious Studies, 2010 St. Olaf College
- Moral Theory
- Religion and Ethics
- Intersectionality and Environmental Justice
- Environmental/Climate Ethics
- Religion and Ecology
- Political Polarization
- Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Cora Diamond
- Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Lecturer in Religion, Lake Forest College, “Religious Perspectives on the Environment,” Spring 2021
- Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago Divinity School, “Environmental Justice in Chicago,” Primary Instructor: Sarah E. Fredericks, Fall 2020
- Research Assistant, University of Chicago Divinity School, Sarah E. Fredericks; April 2016-August 2019
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“Eco-conversion and Polarization in the Age of Climate Catastrophe,” Paper accepted to the American Academy of Religion 2022 Annual Meeting, Religion and Ecology Group, November 19-22, 2022
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“Response to ‘Perspectival Objectivity: In Defense of the "Affective Turn" in Epistemology’ by Blaize Gervais,” Respondent, Affect and Emotions Workshop, University of Chicago, March 7, 2022
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“Roundtable on Religion and Climate Change,” Panelist, Panel hosted by Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, Columbia University, June 3-4, 2021
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“Our Lives with the Nonhuman and the Desire for an Environmental Morality” Paper presented at the Ethics and Theology Workshop, University of Chicago Divinity School, February 28, 2020
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“Thomas Kuhn 101,” Lecture presented at the Divinity School 101 Series, University of Chicago, December 3, 2019
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“Introduction to Environmental Ethics,” Guest Lecturer, University of Chicago Divinity School; Primary Instructor: Sarah E. Fredericks; January 9, February 13, March 13, 2019