Curriculum Vita
There are obviously two educations.
One should teach us how to make a living
and the other how to live.
- James T. Adams, To Be or To Do, Forum, 1929.
William S. Lynn, Ph.D., or Bill as he prefers to be called, is a research scientist at the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University.
His research focuses on ethics and public policy, with an emphasis on environmental discourse and participatory governance. Standing astride the environmental humanities and social sciences, Bill uses practical ethics and interpretive policy analysis to explore how moral norms shape public policy. Both his academic and popular work has been featured in numerous books, journals, magazines, and radio talk shows.
Bill was most recently a visiting professor in Environmental Studies at Williams College. Before that, he directed the Master of Science in Animals and Public Policy (MAPP) program at Tufts University. While at Williams College and Tufts, he taught courses in animal studies, environmental studies, ethics, qualitative research, and public policy.
He is a founding editor of the international journal Ethics, Policy and Environment (formerly Ethics, Place and Environment), former chair of the Ethics Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and currently an International Associate of the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies (www.nzchas.canterbury.ac.nz).
Having served as a research scholar at ethics and policy think tanks, Bill also works as a consultant and keynote speaker, helping the public, private and non-profit sectors expand their toolbox for policy-making. He has worked on a wide range of local and global problems, including sustainable forestry, wolf recovery, urban wildlife management, the North Atlantic seal hunt, and global sustainability.
Contact: williamlynn @ practicalethics . net