Eric R. Severson is a philosopher teaching at Seattle University, and living in Coast Salish territory nearby. He frequently works across disciplinary lines, with presentations and publications at the intersections of philosophy with psychology, environmental studies, Christian theology, world philosophies, and the philosophical approaches to racial and economic justice. Severson’s work at Seattle University includes leadership in curricular revisions that emphasize and enhance the Jesuit Catholic mission of the university to prepare students to work collaboratively for a just and humane world. He is also a leader at the university in Community Engaged Learning, partnering with local organizations like Seattle’s Black Farmers Collective, the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, and Byrd Barr Place. With his family, and students, he works to restore several acres of Pacific Northwest forest, where he lives alongside three generations of family members.
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