Paul Waldau works at the intersection of animal studies, law, ethics, religion, and cultural studies. He retired in 2018 from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, where he was Professor in the Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation Department and Director of the graduate program in Anthrozoology. After 13 years as a trial lawyer and administrative partner in a California law firm, Paul completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Oxford in 1997. He taught Animal Law at Harvard Law School from 2002 to 2014, and from 2009 through 2019 he also taught a variety of courses focusing on nonhuman animals in the areas of ethics, science, religion and law in Harvard’s Summer School. An organizing member of The Great Ape Project in 1995, Paul served until 2008 as VP and Executive Director. After founding the Animals and Religion group at the American Academy of Religion, Paul spent a decade teaching ethics and public policy at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, where he was the Director of the Center for Animals and Public Policy until 2009. He has completed five books, which include Animal Studies—An Introduction (2013), Animal Rights (2011), and A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science, and Ethics (2006). Additional information and writing samples are available at www.paulwaldau.com.
