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Corey Lee Wrenn, Ph.D.

Vegan Feminist Sociologist, Writer, and Activist

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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 20, 2018September 9, 2018
Age (and Time Perception) Matters According to socioemotional selectivity theory, as people age, their social goals shift considerably. For younger people who have a perception that there is much time ahead, they focus on knowledge-relatedContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Conformity

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 19, 2018September 8, 2018
Why Conform? Humans are social animals, and social animals, for the sake of survival, have an innate and sometimes unconscious appreciation for conformity. In early human societies, failure to comply with the group could endangerContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Moral Licensing

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 16, 2018August 8, 2018
What is Moral Licensing? In one fascinating psychological study, researchers found that doing a bit of good gives folks the license to do something naughty (Sachdeva et al. 2009). So, for instance, a person mayContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Whataboutism

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 15, 2018August 7, 2018
Trumping the Truth The presidency of Donald Trump has been, for better or worse, highly enlightening for the vegan community. Trump and his campaigners have been particularly infamous for their ability to undermine the credibilityContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Segregation

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 14, 2018July 27, 2018
Sociologists understand segregation to be one of the most potent and fundamental processes of oppression. Creating separation entails highlighting difference. This, in turn, justifies inequality. Segregation literally marginalizes vulnerable groups. Segregation can happen by race,Continue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Male Emotional Displays

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 13, 2018July 26, 2018
Like many social movements, the Nonhuman Animal rights movement relies heavily on emotional displays to mobilize audiences. But, this movement is also highly gendered. Women predominate in the rank-in-file, but many of the most highContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Extreme Rituals

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 12, 2018July 26, 2018
Extreme Rituals Animal activists regularly employ extreme protest rituals in hopes of soliciting empathy and support from audiences. Activists may engage in dangerous tree-sits. They may brand one another with hot irons as if theyContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Can You Read Yourself Vegan?

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 9, 2018July 24, 2018
The processes of persuasion and behavioral change are complex. Social psychologists recognize that information can influence us differently depending on the channel of dissemination. The Nonhuman Animal rights movement relies quite heavily on text-based literatureContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Linked Oppression

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 8, 2018July 23, 2018
Vegan feminist theory argues that the oppressive treatment of Nonhuman Animals, particularly in their being animalized, is fundamental to sexism (and other systems of oppression). Vegan feminism also argues that patriarchy informs violence against otherContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Reality Politics

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 7, 2018July 23, 2018
What is Real? In the 1970s, Pringles Newfangled Potato Chips was ordered by the US Food and Drug Administration to call itself by another name. Pringles are fried crisps comprised of compressed potato flakes rather thanContinue reading
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Dr. Wrenn is Senior Lecturer of Sociology with the School of Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements at the University of Kent. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology with Colorado State University in 2016. She was awarded Exemplary Diversity Scholar, 2016 by the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity. She served as council member with the American Sociological Association’s Animals & Society section (2013-2016), was elected Chair in 2018, and co-founded the International Association of Vegan Sociologists in 2020. She serves as Book Review Editor for Society & Animals, Consulting Editor for Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations, and past Editor for The Sociological Quarterly, is a member of The Vegan Society’s Research Advisory Committee, and hosts Sociology & Animals Podcast. She is the author of A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory (Palgrave MacMillan 2016), Piecemeal Protest: Animal Rights in the Age of Nonprofits (University of Michigan Press 2019), Animals in Irish Society (SUNY Press 2021), Vegan Witchcraft: Contemporary Magical Practice and Multispecies Social Change (forthcoming, Routledge, and Vegan Feminism: History, Theory, Activism (forthcoming, Bloomsbury).

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