Food – Page 3 – Corey Lee Wrenn, Ph.D.

New Package, Same Old Problem: Animal Crackers and Veganism

Dr. Corey WrennSeptember 21, 2018August 31, 2019

In a 2016 blog post, I tackled the cheeky but oft-espressed question as to whether or not animal crackers are vegan. Technically, the ingredients are vegan, but what do these cookies symbolically represent in aContinue reading

Essays

Why Food Justice is a Feminist Issue

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 15, 2018

In an interview with Alternet's "Here's Why Our Food Systems are a Central Feminist Issue," I was asked to elaborate on women's contributions to critical food justice and how current sexual politics inhibit or evenContinue reading

Interviews

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

Essays

Solving Moral Conflicts in a Non-Vegan World

Dr. Corey WrennMay 12, 2018January 11, 2019

In "How to Help When It Hurts?" my friend and colleague Cheryl Abbate considers an ethical conundrum often facing vegan activists, advocates, and rescuers who feel responsible for the well-being of Nonhuman Animals in adverseContinue reading

Publications

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).