Marc
Swetlitz was educated at M.I.T., the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, and the University of Chicago. His research interests
include the history of evolutionary biology, the responses of American
Jews to evolution, and Jewish environmental ethics. His published works
include "American Jewish Responses to Darwin and Evolutionary Theory,
1860-1890," in Darwin's Reception, eds. Ronald Numbers and
John Stenhouse (Cambridge University Press, 1999), and "Living as If
God Mattered: A. J. Heschel's Views on Nature and Humanity," in Ecology
& the Jewish Spirit, ed. Ellen Bernstein (Jewish Lights Press,
1998). Swetlitz is currently working on an article entitled, "Why
Science Matters: Developing a Scientifically-Informed Jewish Environmental
Ethic." He is currently an independent scholar living in St. Charles,
Ill.