Arlin J. Benjamin Jr. is a social psychologist at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. In his research, he applies social psychological theories of aggression to help understand how torture and genocide happen. He is the author of “Human aggression and violence: Understanding torture from a psychological perspective,” published in National Social Science Journal in 2006.

Jack Glaser is a social psychologist and assistant professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California-Berkeley. He studies the social psychology of hate crimes and intergroup violence.

Elliot Aronson is emeritus professor of psychology at University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion After Columbine. 

Adam Cohen is an assistant professor of social psychology at Arizona State University in Tempe. His interests include moral judgment.

Keith Akers is a Christian vegetarian and environmental activist who lives in Englewood, Colo. He operates the Compassionate Spirit website, which includes articles and commentary on animal welfare from a Christian perspective.

Andrew Isenberg is a history professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is an expert on the history of American environmentalism, especially in the American West. He contributed a chapter on the moral ecology of wildlife to the book Representing Animals.

Alan Goldberg is a professor of environmental health sciences and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing. The center works with scientists to find new methods to replace laboratory animals in experiments, reduce the number of animals tested and refine necessary tests to eliminate pain and distress. It is based in Baltimore.

Richard D. Stratton is the editor of Kindness to Animals and Caring for the Earth: Selections From the Sermons and Writings of Latter-day Saint Church Leaders.

Richard Foltz is a professor of religion at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and director of its Centre for Iranian Studies. He is considered a pioneer in the academic field combining religion and ecology and is an expert in Islamic religious and cultural attitudes toward animals. His books include (as author) Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim […]