Contact the Environmental Studies Program:

Dr. Jesse Steinberg
Director of the Environmental Studies Program,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Contact Information:
steinbe@pitt.edu
#362-7586
211B Swarts Hall

Degrees and Credentials:
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California Santa Barbara 2006
M.A. Philosophy, University of California Santa Barbara 2004
B.A. Philosophy, University of San Francisco 2001


Academic Focus:
Dr. Steinberg teaches a broad range of philosophy courses. His classes include: Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Logic, Philosophy and Public Issues, Ethics in Health Care, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, and History of Modern Philosophy.

Short Bio:
Dr. Steinberg’s research focuses primarily on metaphysics and philosophy of mind, but he works on problems within philosophy of religion and moral theory as well. He has published a number of articles recently. These include: “Dispositions and subjunctives” “Why an unsurpassable being cannot create a surpassable world,” “Telomeres and the ethics of human cloning,” “Pierre may be ignorant but he’s not irrational,” and “Disembodied minds and the problem of identification.”