Dr. French graduated from Dickinson College, received his M.Div. degree from Harvard University, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. His main research interests are religious ethics, ecological ethics and policies, and war and peace issues. He has written articles and book chapters on such topics as global climate change, land use issues, ecological security, just war theory, the moral status of animals, the Catholic natural law tradition, Biblical views of creation, and comparative religious ethics.