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Bio for Paul Waldau (Draft 2024.11.21)
Paul Waldau is an interdisciplinary scholar who works at the intersection of education, law, ethics, comparative religion, and the social and physical sciences. After retiring in 1993 as a partner from a large California law firm, Paul completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Oxford in 1997. Following a position as a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for the Study of World Religions, Paul taught in and eventually became the Director of the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine (2004-2008), where he also taught ethics courses for the veterinary students. Paul then for seven years directed the newly created Anthrozoology graduate program in Anthrozoology at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, where he also was a Professor in the Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation Department. During these years, Paul also taught Animal Law at Harvard Law School from 2002 to 2014 and, until 2019, a variety of courses in Harvard’s Summer School focusing on nonhuman animals in the areas of ethics, science and religion and law. Paul also was the co-founder of Animals and Religion group at the American Academy of Religion in the 1990s.
     Paul has published widely, having completed six books—the latest, The Animal Invitation: Science, Ethics, Religion and Law in a More-Than-Human World, is due out in 2025. Previous books include Animal Studies—An Introduction (2013), Animal Rights (2011), and A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science, and Ethics (2006). Paul has also published more than 70 papers in scholarly publications—additional information and writing samples are available at paulwaldau.com.