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Professor Joseph A. Tuminello, III, PhD

1st April 2015

is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. Joey is currently teaching courses in ethical theory and biomedical ethics, and his research examines the intersection of animal, food, and environmental ethics through the lenses of hermeneutics, pragmatism, and Jainism. He recently published a book chapter entitled “Jainism: Animals and the Ethics of Intervention” in the Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Protection (eds. Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey, 2018). Beyond academia, Joey is also a Program Coordinator for the nonprofit organization Farm Forward, where his lead project has been an annual webinar event featuring Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals.