Blog – Page 17 – Corey Lee Wrenn, Ph.D.

Are Animal Crackers Vegan?

Dr. Corey WrennDecember 3, 2016December 1, 2018

Note: Nabisco removed the cage imagery in 2018. See an updated essay on the continued problems with this design here. Dating back to 1902, Barnum's animal crackers have been an American classic for generations. TheContinue reading

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A Month of Vegan Research: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 30, 2016June 6, 2019

The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog. David Nibert. 2002. Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation. AnimalContinue reading

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A Month of Vegan Research: Identity and Effectiveness

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 29, 2016November 25, 2016

The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog. Rachel Einwohner. 1999. "Gender, Class, and Social Movement Outcomes: Identity andContinue reading

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A Month of Vegan Research: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 28, 2016June 1, 2018

The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog. Brian Luke’s 2007 book, Brutal: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals,Continue reading

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A Month of Vegan Research: Muzzling a Movement

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 25, 2016June 1, 2018

The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog. Dara Lovitz. 2010. Muzzling a Movement: The Effects of Anti-Terrorism Laws,Continue reading

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A Month of Vegan Research: Race as a “Feeble Matter” in Veganism

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 24, 2016June 1, 2018

The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog. Harper, B. 2010. "Race as a "Feeble Matter" in Veganism: InterrogatingContinue reading

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A Month of Vegan Research: Readability of Vegan Outreach Literature

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 23, 2016June 1, 2018

The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog. Humane Research Council. 2011. Readability of Vegan Outreach Literature. HRC: Olympia,Continue reading

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A Month of Vegan Research: Recruiting Strangers and Friends

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 22, 2016June 1, 2018

The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog. J. Jasper and J. Poulsen. 1995. "Recruiting Strangers and Friends: MoralContinue reading

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A Month of Vegan Research: Sexist Imagery Reinforces Speciesist Sentiment

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 21, 2016June 8, 2018

The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog. Carol Glasser. 2011. "Tied Oppressions: An Analysis of How Sexist ImageryContinue reading

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A Month of Vegan Research: The China Study

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 18, 2016June 8, 2018

The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog. T. Colin Campbell. 2006. The China Study: The Most Comprehensive StudyContinue 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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