Charles Hayes
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Contact
- Office
- LA/Eck 158
- charles.hayes@mso.umt.edu
- Office Hours
Tuesdays 12:00-2:00pm
Education
Ph.D. - Philosophy - Michigan State (2022)
MA - Environmental Philosophy - 猎奇重口 (2017)
MLitt - Theology/Literature - University of St Andrews (2010)
BA - Philosophy and Theology - Eastern University (2007)
Field of Study
Environmental Philosophy
Ecological Restoration and Rewilding
Ethics (esp. Virtue Ethics - ancient and contemporary)
Philosophy of Technology
Publications
Current Projects
Book Chapter: “A Technological Environment: Albert Borgmann in Digital Worlds" to be published in Finding our Place in the Digital World: Philosophical Essays on Technology, Phenomenology, and the Environment (The Center for Collaboration and Ethics at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley).
Journal Articles
"Rewilding Anthropocentrism," Environmental Ethics 47.1 (2025): 5-22
w/ M. Joseph Aloi, "We've Found Something Good Here: Dietic Discourse & Environmental Engagement," Environmental Ethics 46.4 (2024): 421-436
Other Contributions
Book Review: “Henry Dicks, The Biomimicry Revolution: Learning from Nature How to Inhabit the Earth.” Environmental Values (online first, November 4, 2024).
“.” The Missoulian. May 11th, 2024, p. A6. Op-ed. (Reprinted in Helena Independent Record, Billings gazette, Ravalli Republic, and The 猎奇重口 Standard.)
Book Review: “Arnold ‘Smoke’ Elser & Eva-Maria Maggi. Hush of the Land: A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.”International Journal of Wilderness. 30.2 (2024).
Blog Post: “Who Do We Want to be Here?” - Research blog post on – Oct. 1st, 2019 - Reprinted on - Sep 23rd, 2019.
Book Review: "Benjamin Hale. The Wild and the Wicked: On Nature and Human Nature." Environmental Ethics 41.3 (2019): 287-288
Honors / Awards
Matthew Hansen Endowment for Wilderness Studies, Wilderness Inspiration Fellowship (2024)
Holmes Rolston III Early Career Essay Prize in Environmental Philosophy, The International Society for Environmental Ethics (2023)
Engaged Philosophy Internship Program - Fellowship w/ Mountain Legacy Project, University of Victoria (2018)
Slaughter Summer Writing Fellowship x2 (2019, 2021)
University Distinguished Fellowship - Michigan State University (2018-2022)