Blog – Page 21 – Corey Lee Wrenn, Ph.D.

Rebuilding and Reusing Rescue Dogs

Dr. Corey WrennMay 22, 2016January 4, 2019

Anti-speciesism theorist Norm Phelps once noted that cat and dog "overpopulation" is a product of capitalism. That is, human society breeds these animals as designer products for purchase. The capitalist system relies on constant productionContinue reading

Essays

Named 2015-16 Recipient of Graduate Student Research Excellence Award, CSU Dept. of Sociology

Dr. Corey WrennMay 5, 2016May 5, 2016

I am so grateful and pleased to announced that I have been selected as the 2015-16 recipient of the Graduate Student Research Excellence Award by the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University. In additionContinue reading

Recognition

White Women Wanted? Research Uncovers Diversity Strains in Vegan Media Spaces

Dr. Corey WrennApril 24, 2016February 8, 2019

A two-part content analysis I began in 2012 has just been published in Societies and the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. The first study, published in JAEE examined media diversity in the Nonhuman AnimalContinue reading

Publications

Essay on Incorporating Diversity into Vegan Advocacy published on The Vegan Society

Dr. Corey WrennApril 8, 2016May 5, 2016

I have just published an essay originally authored in 2013 on The Vegan Society's blog. The essay is titled, "In a world of food deserts and many other inequalities, Professor Corey Wrenn gives tips onContinue reading

Publications

Author’s Reception at Monmouth University

Dr. Corey WrennApril 7, 2016May 5, 2016

At an author's reception at Monmouth University on April 6, 2016, I gave a short speech on the purpose of my latest book, A Rational Approach to Animal Rights (available from palgrave.com). I stated that, as anContinue reading

Presentations

Should We Promote Veganism or Meet People Where They Are?

Dr. Corey WrennApril 6, 2016April 6, 2016

In my research, I have uncovered that many large non-profits in the Nonhuman Animal rights movement spend considerable effort invisibilizing, dismissing, or vilifying radical vegan activism. Consider this Vegan Outreach newsletter excerpt as an example: In theContinue reading

Essays

What Are You Doing to Help Animals Right NOW?

Dr. Corey WrennApril 4, 2016September 3, 2018

In this essay, I will deconstruct what people really mean when they pull on what Michele Kaplan calls, "The Urgency." The urgency of Nonhuman Animal suffering ("RIGHT NOW!") is exploited as a diversion tactic: no timeContinue reading

Essays

Irish Car Bombs aren’t Cruelty-Free, but Not for the Reasons You Would Expect

Dr. Corey WrennMarch 7, 2016December 21, 2018

Content Warning: Discusses violence against civilians and children in Ireland during The Troubles. As St. Patrick's Day rolls around, I notice the usual sharing of veganized Irish recipes on social media sites. As with many Western countries,Continue reading

Essays

Conserving What Exactly? Anthropocentrism in College Conservation Programs

Dr. Corey WrennMarch 3, 2016March 7, 2016

University conservation programs often entail lethal Nonhuman Animal testing Jonathan Balcombe, director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, has authored a book that explores the “the inner life of fishes”: What aContinue reading

Essays

Can Veganism Save Your Life? I’m Skeptical

Dr. Corey WrennFebruary 27, 2016December 7, 2018

Rip Esselstyn, founder of the Engine 2 Diet Perhaps one of the most dangerous trends in Nonhuman Animal rights activism is the relentlessness of bogus health claims made in the name of veganism. Plant-based eating1 Continue reading

Essays

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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