Dr. Brian G. Henning is the inaugural Director and founder of the Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment. Originally from Boise, Idaho, Dr. Henning joined Gonzaga’s faculty in 2008 and is Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Environmental Studies & Science. He earned a B.A. from Seattle University and an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Fordham University. An award-winning author, Dr. Henning has written or edited 14 books and more than 35 articles and chapters, including Riders in the Storm: Ethics in an Age of Climate Change (Anselm 2015) and Climate Change Ethics and the Non-human World (Routledge 2020). His latest book, Value, Beauty, and Nature: The Philosophy of Organism and the Metaphysical Foundations of Environmental Ethics (SUNY 2023). He has delivered more than 180 talks to general and academic audiences in North America, Europe, and Asia.
