En- of-Life Issues (Instructor and Coordinator) Working on the formation of the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, the Center made use of many of past and present interests and then some. She worked in hospital administration for eleven years, where she became acquainted with ethical issues involving euthanasia, quality of life, abortion, doctor/patient relationships, and end-of-life For ten years after that, she founded and directed an international human rights organization that dealt, for the most part, with issues involving prisoners that acquainted her with international ethical values concerning human life. The connection between these two areas—health/medical care and human rights—became very clear once she discovered the field of bioethics, and she has been happily ensconced in this area of study ever since. Matthew T. Riley, Ph.D. Candidate, Drew University; Research Associate, The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale; Online Education Specialist in Religion and Ecology Yale School of Forestry – and Environmental Ethics Environmental Ethics Matt is a doctoral candidate at Drew University. While writing his dissertation, he is employed as an Online Education Specialist in Religion and Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental studies. Matt is also engaged as a Research Associate at the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale, and he serves as a Steering Committee Member for the Religion and Ecology Group at the American Academy of Religion. In the past he has worked for the Green Seminary Initiative, he taught biology in the New York City public school system, and he designed the curricular materials for the Journey of the Universe project. He received a MAR in religious ethics from Yale Divinity School, a MS in secondary science education from Pace University, and an MPhil in sociology from Drew University. Broadly speaking, Matt approaches bioethics from an interdisciplinary standpoint, and he is interested in the intersection of environmental ethics, animal ethics, and religious perspectives on bioethics. Matt’s dissertation research centers on the relationship between religious ideas and environmental values.
En- of-Life Issues (Instructor and Coordinator) Working on the formation of the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, the Center made use of many of past and present interests and then some. She worked in hospital administration for eleven years, where she became acquainted with ethical issues involving euthanasia, quality of life, abortion, doctor/patient relationships, and end-of-life For ten years after that, she founded and directed an international human rights organization that dealt, for the most part, with issues involving prisoners that acquainted her with international ethical values concerning human life. The connection between these two areas—health/medical care and human rights—became very clear once she discovered the field of bioethics, and she has been happily ensconced in this area of study ever since. Matthew T. Riley, Ph.D. Candidate, Drew University; Research Associate, The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale; Online Education Specialist in Religion and Ecology – Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Ethics Environmental Ethics Matt is a doctoral candidate at Drew University. While writing his dissertation, he is employed as an Online Education Specialist in Religion and Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental studies. Matt is also engaged as a Research Associate at the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale, and he serves as a Steering Committee Member for the Religion and Ecology Group at the American Academy of Religion. In the past he has worked for the Green Seminary Initiative, he taught biology in the New York City public school system, and he designed the curricular materials for the Journey of the Universe project. He received a MAR in religious ethics from Yale Divinity School, a MS in secondary science education from Pace University, and an MPhil in sociology from Drew University. Broadly speaking, Matt approaches bioethics from an interdisciplinary standpoint, and he is interested in the intersection of environmental ethics, animal ethics, and religious perspectives on bioethics. Matt’s dissertation research centers on the relationship between religious ideas and environmental values.