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Dr. Brian G. Henning is a Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies & Sciences at Gonzaga University, with a focus on process philosophy, environmental ethics, and Whitehead studies. He founded and directs the Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment and chairs the Spokane Climate Resilience and Sustainability Board.
- Executive Director, Whitehead Research Project
- Founder and Editor, Edinburgh Critical Edition of Whitehead
- Co-Editor, Contemporary Whitehead Studies book series
Henning's research bridges metaphysics, aesthetics, and ethics, particularly through Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy of organism. His work emphasizes environmental metaphysics, non-anthropocentric ethics, and the moral significance of beauty in sustaining ecological balance.
Key publications include the award-winning The Ethics of Creativity: Beauty, Morality, and Nature in a Processive Cosmos and co-edited works like Whitehead at Harvard, 1924-1925. He has delivered over 190 talks globally and contributes to climate action initiatives through fossil fuel divestment advocacy and sustainability projects.
- 2024: Appointed to Spokane Climate Resilience Board by Mayor Lisa Brown
- 2021: Founded Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and Environment
- 2015-2020: Gonzaga's Inaugural Faculty Fellow for Sustainability
His scholarly focus on Whitehead's late works challenges traditional metaphysical frameworks, advocating for open-ended, fallibilistic systems that address climate change, evolutionary ethics, and the interplay of creativity and beauty in moral philosophy.
