About the Authors

Darcia Narvaez is professor emerita of psychology at the University of Notre Dame. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Educational Research Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She studies moral development and human flourishing from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating anthropology, neuroscience, and clinical, developmental, and educational sciences. She has published hundreds of papers and has authored over twenty books, including the multiple-award-winning book Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom, and more recently Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth with Wahinkpe Topa. She serves as president of Kindred World (www.KindredWorld.org) and hosts the website www.EvolvedNest.org.

G. A. Bradshaw is the founder and director of The Kerulos Center for Nonviolence (Kerulos.org). She holds doctoral degrees in ecology and psychology, and she was the first scientist to recognize and diagnose PTSD in Elephants, Chimpanzees, Orcas, and other Animals. Her books include the Pulitzer-nominated Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity; Carnivore Minds: Who These Fearsome Animals Really Are; Talking with Bears: Conversations with Charlie Russell; and The Elephant Letters: The Story of Billy and Kani. She is the director and primary carer for rescued domesticated Animals and Indigenous Wildlife at Grace Village (formerly the Tortoise and the Hare Sanctuary) in the mountains of southern Oregon, located on the traditional lands of the Grizzly Bear, Takelma, Gray Wolf , and Coho Salmon.