Dr. Eric Godoy
Associate Professor
Office
STV Stevenson Hall
Office Hours
Updated semesterly or by appointment
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
PhD from the New School for Social Research
Teaching Interests & Areas
Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Social-Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Race, Gender and Sexuality
Research Interests & Areas
Collective Responsibility, Ecofeminism, Climate Change, Fossil Fuel Divestment, Conceptions of Nature, Philosophy of Games
Ph D Philosophy
The New School for Social Resarch
New York, NY
MA Philosophy
The New School for Social Research
New York, NY
BA Philosohpy
Rollins College
Winter Park, FL
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship Award
American Council of Learned Societies
2025
College of Arts and Sciences Excellent Award for Outstanding Teaching (Pre-Tenure)
Illinois Status University
2021
Outstanding University Teacher Teaching Initiative Award Nominee
College of Arts and Science
2020
New Faculty Startup Award
Office of Research and Graduate Studies
2017
Grants and Contracts
Public Power: Ethical Energy and Democracy’s Role in a Just Transition
Eric Godoy.
American Council of Learned Societies. August 1 2025 - May 30 2026
Scott M. Elliott Cross-Disciplinary Pilot Grant
Jin Jo, Eric Godoy, Matt Ryan Aldeman, David G Loomis, Frank Dwight Beck, Liangcheng Yang.
Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. August 1 2020 - June 1 2021
Faculty International Travel Grant
Eric Godoy.
Office of International Studies and Programs. - 2018
International Seminar Series: Local and Global Environments in Conversation
Eric Godoy, Keith Pluymers, Larissa Kennedy.
International Studies Program. - 2019
New Faculty Initiative Grant
Eric Godoy.
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. - 2020
Book, Chapter
Divestment is a Shared Responsibility
Eric Godoy.
(2020), 515-530, College Ethics: A Reader on Moral Issues that Affect You, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press
Going Fossil Free: A Lesson in Climate Activism and Collective Responsibility
Eric Godoy.
(2017), 55–67, Climate Change Research at Universities, Springer International Publishing
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth: Forgetting Nature, Yet Again, in Jurassic Park and Jurassic World
Eric Godoy.
141-155, Philosophy, Film, and the Dark Side of Interdependence, Lexington Books
Creative Works/Broadcast Media
“5: Eric Godoy” Earth to Philosophy, season 1, episode 5. Podcast audio, May 11. https://shows.acast.com/earth-to-philosophy/.
Eric Godoy.
(2020)
Journal Article
Energy democracy and the built environment: postnatural practices in just transitions
Eric Godoy.
Environmental Ethics, 46 (4), 477-495, (2024)
“Every Tree Fixed with a Purpose: Contesting Value in Olmsted’s Parks.”
Eric Godoy.
(2023)
Sympathy for Cecil: gender, trophy hunting, and the western environmental imaginary
Eric S. Godoy.
Journal of Political Ecology, 27 (1), 759-774, (2020), 10.2458/v27i1.23526
Implementing climate change research at universities: Barriers, potential and actions
Leal Filho, Walter, Edward A. Morgan, Eric Godoy, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Paula Bacelar-Nicolau, Lucas Veiga Avila, Claudia Mac-Lean, Jean Huge.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 170, 269-277, (2018), 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.105
To Trump’s Chagrin, Non-nationals Are Still In (Commentary)
Eric Godoy.
Ethics, Policy & Environment, 21 (1), 42-44, (2018), https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2018.1448027
Sharing responsibility to divest from fossil fuels
Eric Godoy.
Environmental Values, (2017)
What’s the Harm in Climate Change?
Eric Godoy.
Ethics, Policy & Environment, 20 (1), 103–117, (2017)
Reconceiving responsibility: A review of Iris Marion Young’s Responsibility for Justice
Eric Godoy.
Philosophy & Social Criticism, 39 (6), 591–595, (2013)
Presentations
Combating Petrocultures: The Ethos and Demos of Energy
Eric Godoy.
Anthropocene Working Group, Hanover, NH, November 3, 2025
Dimensions of Energy Justice
Eric Godoy.
Crisis, Critique, and Social Transformation: A Symposium Honoring Nancy Fraser, New York, NY, April 12, 2025
The Faculty Success Program: Learning to thrive as an academic.
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Susan Hildebrandt, Eric Godoy, Beth L. MacDonald.
The Center for Integrated Professional Development Teaching-Learning Symposium, Normal IL, April, 2024
Commentator on Manuel Rodeiro, “Fairness in Energy Transitions: Confronting Ecologically Tragic Situations,”
Eric Godoy.
International Society of Environmental Ethics, Allenspark, CO, July 29, 2023
“Hypocrisy in the Context of Structural Injustice,”
Eric Godoy.
North American Society for Social Philosophy, University of Oregon, Portland, OR, July 14, 2023
Invited panel member for Green Screen film series
Eric Godoy.
ISU Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Normal Theater, March 21, 2023
Invited panel member on Corporate Social Responsibility
Eric Godoy.
Business Week Transition Seminars Event, School of Business, ISU, Normal, IL, February 21, 2023
Sustainability of Utility-Scale Solar PV Systems
Jin Ho Jo, Matthew Ryan Aldeman, Liangcheng Yang, Eric Godoy, Jamie Wieland.
Energy, Utility, and Environment Conference, Tucson, AZ, October 6, 2022
Energy Democracy and Sustainable Power
Eric Godoy.
Annual conference of the International Society for Environmental Ethics, Turku, Finland (held virtually), July, 2021
Democracy, Justice, and Socially Sustainable Energy
Eric Godoy.
Philosophy and the Climate Crisis Conference, virtual, June 10, 2021
Axiology in Olmsted’s Pastoral Transcendentalism
Eric Godoy.
Annual Conference of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy, held virtually, October 10, 2020
Predators and Sympathy: The Political Ecology of Big Game Hunting
Eric Godoy.
Second Biennial Conference of the Political Ecology Network, Oslo, Norway, June 21, 2018
The Death of a Lion: An Ecofeminist Account of Hunting Predators
Eric Godoy.
Critical Political Economy Research Network 2018 Midterm Workshop on “Gender, Race, Class, and Ecology in and through Critical Political Economy,”, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1, 2018