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Dr. Laura Hartman

Associate Professor - Environmental Studies, Faculty Sabbatical

Department:
Environmental Studies
Location:
104 Annex- West
Phone:
(540)375-2445

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Religious Studies, University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA), 2008
  • M.A., Religious Studies, University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA), 2005
  • B.A., Religious Studies with Area Certificate in Environmental Studies, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), 2001

Research & Teaching Interests

  • Environmental ethics
  • Religion and ecology
  • Environmental justice
  • Transportation (especially buses)
  • Feminist ethics
  • Climate change
  • Climate engineering
  • Animals
  • Virtue ethics

Books

  • Hartman, Laura M., ed. That All May Flourish: Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2018).
  • Hartman, Laura M. The Christian Consumer: Living Faithfully in a Fragile World (Oxford University Press, 2011).

Publications

  • "The Case for Buses: Interdisciplinary Ethical Arguments in Support of Strong Public Transit," co-authored with Kathleen M. Wooley and Ryan C. Tucker (undergraduate students). Under review at Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
  • “Cooperativeness as a Virtue of Sustainability.” Jason Kawall, ed. The Virtues of Sustainability, Oxford University Press, (2021).
  • “The Good, the Wild, and the Native: An Ethical Evaluation of Ecological Restoration, Native Landscaping, and the ‘Wild Ones’ of Wisconsin,” co-authored with Kathleen M. Wooley (undergraduate student). Environmental Values (2020).
  • “From Place to Emplacement: The Scalar Politics of Sustainability,” co-authored with Elizabeth Barron of University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and Frederik Aagard Hagemann of Lund University (Sweden). Local Environment (2020).
  • “Climate Engineering and the Playing God Argument,” Carnegie Journal of Ethics and International Affairs, 31 no. 3 (2017): 1-21.
  • “Wrestling With Wickedness: A Response.” Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology 21 (2017) 87-95.
  • “Healing the Climate? Christian Ethics and Medical Models for Climate Geoengineering.” Forrest Clingerman and Kevin O’Brien, eds. Calming the Storm: Theological and Ethical Perspectives on Climate Engineering, Lexington Books (2016). 129-148.
  • “Environmental Modesty: Recovering an Ancient Virtue to Address Contemporary Problems.” Journal of Religious Ethics 43 no. 3 (September 2015): 475-492.
  • “Streets to Live In: Justice, Space, and Sharing the Road,” co-authored with David Prytherch of Miami University (Ohio). Environmental Ethics 37 no. 1 (Spring 2015): 21-44.
  • “Sabbath-Keeping as an Environmental Practice.” Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology 15 no. 1 (March 2011).
  • “Consuming Christ: The Role of Jesus in Christian Food Ethics.” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 30 no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2010).

Available as a Media resource for the following topics

  • Christianity and the environment
  • Religion and ecology
  • Climate change
  • Environmental justice
  • Transportation
  • Consumption and consumerism
  • Environmental ethics
  • Animal ethics

Willing to speak to professional, social or civic groups on

  • Christianity and the environment
  • Religion and ecology
  • Climate change
  • Environmental justice
  • Transportation
  • Consumption and consumerism
  • Environmental ethics
  • Animal ethics

Extracurricular

  • RAISE (Roanoke Area Interfaith Stewards of the Earth): https://vaipl.org/raise/
  • BRRAG (Bus Riders of Roanoke Advocacy Group): https://sites.google.com/view/brrag

Get in touch!

  • To book an appointment, visit my calendar page: https://roa.ke/HartmanBookingPage