Professional Organization: ACAD

nathan rein
Nathan Rein is an asssistant professor of religious studies at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
Britt Watwood
Britt Watwood is an online learning specialist with the VCU Center for Teaching Excellence, working with faculty to improve teaching and learning through online education.
LaRoi M. Lawton
I am currently an Assistant Professor at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, in charge of the Gerald S. Lieblich Learning Resources Center, the media unit of the Library Department. I was also the President-Elect of the Library Association of the City University of New York, (LACUNY) for 2005-2006, and currently of member of its Executive Council. I am also a prt-time Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Queens College Graduate School of Library Science and Information Studies. I teach GSLIS 701-Introduction to Information Science and GSLIS 705- Organization & Management of Libraries.
Paul Waldau
Dr. Waldau is Director of the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, which includes the country's most advanced graduate program in the study of nonhuman animals, policy, and cultural values. Paul has a Doctor of Philosophy degree from University of Oxford. He also has a Juris Doctor degree from UCLA Law School and a Master's Degree from Stanford University in Religious Studies. He is the author and editor of several books—The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals published by Oxford University Press in 2001, and the forthcoming A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science, and Ethics to be published by Columbia University Press. He publishes widely, a recent example of which is the article in the prestigious Encyclopedia of Religion on 'Animals.' Paul teaches ethics courses at the veterinary school, and currently is teaching the 'animal law' course at Harvard Law School. He is also the Co-chair of the Animals and Religion Consultation at the American Academy of Religion, and the founder and president of the Religion and Animals Institute.
John B. Switzer
John B. Switzer is completing the PhD in theology and education from Boston College. Having lost most of his hair, he is struggling to make meaning from the experience of being a middle-aged male embarking upon a relatively new career in higher education. His soon-to-be-defended doctoral dissertation is on the topic of interreligious literacy. His foundational thesis argues that if it ever was, it is now no longer acceptable--or wise--for religious institutions to teach about their religion alone. Believers must be formed by and informed of their own religious tradition, to be sure, but the effort to sponsor and support a particular religious identity is best accomplished within a context of interreligious dialogue marked by authentic and preemptive acts of hospitality.
edward l. welsh Jr.
1982-1992 Phoenix College (Business Law Faculty) 1992-2007 Mesa Commutnity College (Business Law Faculty)