Kathleen Dean Moore

Alum 2004

Kathleen Dean Moore, PhD, is a writer, moral philosopher, and environmental activist. Her essays are widely published and anthologized, having appeared in magazines such as High Country News, Orion, Discover, Audubon, Utne Reader, Earth Island Journal, New York Times Magazine, Conservation Biology, and many others.

Her writing is honored by awards that include the Willa Cather Award for Contemporary Fiction, the Oregon Book Award, a Choice magazine Outstanding Book Award, the Pacific Northwest Book Association Book Award, and the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.

She was granted an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and appointed an Honorary Member of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment.

For many years, she taught critical thinking and environmental ethics as Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University. She has published philosophical books on forgiveness, Apache philosophy, Rachel Carson, and critical thinking.

Currently, she is a member of the Council for an Uncertain Human Future, Clark College, Massachusetts.