Ted Toadvine

Ted Toadvine is Nancy Tuana Director of Rock Ethics Institute and Professor of Philosophy at Penn State. His work bridges environmental philosophy, phenomenology, and temporality studies, introducing 'ecophenomenology' as a framework.

Research explores deep time across geological, evolutionary, and cosmic scales. Recent work challenges sustainability paradigms by examining flawed temporal understandings in environmental apocalypticism.

Authored 'Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy of Nature' (2009) and 'The Memory of the World' (2024). Current projects include a Cambridge Introduction to Environmental Humanities and co-editing Encyclopedia of Phenomenology.

Teaches courses on Nature and Environment, Critical Ecophenomenology, and Merleau-Ponty.