Jeff Sebo works primarily in moral, social, and political philosophy with an emphasis on bioethics, animal ethics, and environmental ethics. His current work focuses on agency, sentience, and moral / political standing; the ethics of food, animals, and the environment; and the ethics of activism, advocacy, and philanthropy. His book Food, Animals, and the Environment: An ethical approach (co-authored with Christopher Schlottmann) is forthcoming from Routledge, and his book Why Animals Matter for Climate Change is forthcoming from Oxford University Press. In addition to his academic work, Jeff sits on the Board of Directors at Animal Charity Evaluators, the Board of Directors at Minding Animals International, and the Executive Committee at the Animals and Society Institute.
Prior to this post, Jeff worked as Research Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Parr Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2015-2017), as Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (2014-2015), and as Assistant Professor / Faculty Fellow in Animal Studies and Environmental Studies at New York University (2011-2014).