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Corey Lee Wrenn, Ph.D.

Sociologist and Social Justice Activist

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Tag: Dairy

The Problem with Milk Not Jails

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 7, 2018January 18, 2019
Food Justice and Prison Abolition The American prison system threatens not only urban communities but extends into rural areas as well. The food justice movement has become increasingly aware of this association and has aligned withContinue reading
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Peter Singer and the Charity of Western Imperialism

Dr. Corey WrennSeptember 11, 2017January 4, 2019
Covert Capitalism and Western Benevolence A current fad in social justice strategy is the concept of "effective altruism," made popular in vegan circles by wealthy Princeton University professor and "father" of the Nonhuman Animal rightsContinue reading
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Derren Does Dairy: When Skepticism Fails Veganism

Dr. Corey WrennFebruary 26, 2016December 16, 2018
Derren Brown is a British illusionist, mentalist, and skeptic known for divulging the secrets of magicians, psychics, and new age charlatans.  Folks in Brown's line of work spend a great deal of effort debunking bogusContinue reading
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Dr. Wrenn is Lecturer of Sociology with the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent and co-director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements. 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 is co-founder of the International Association of Vegan Sociologists. She serves as Book Review Editor to Society & Animals and is a member of The Vegan Society’s Research Advisory Committee. Dr. Wrenn has been published in several peer-reviewed academic journals including the Journal of Gender Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Environmental Values, Disability & Society, Food, Culture & Society, and Society & Animals. In July 2013, she founded the Vegan Feminist Network, an academic-activist project engaging intersectional social justice praxis. 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), and Animals in Irish Society (SUNY Press 2021).

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Vegan feminist author and sociologist

If you are in the area, I will be giving an inform If you are in the area, I will be giving an informal talk on my forthcoming book on vegan feminism!
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