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Corey Lee Wrenn, Ph.D.

Vegan Feminist Sociologist, Writer, and Activist

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Are Vegans too Open to Free-Riders?

Dr. Corey WrennSeptember 11, 2018
In an interview with The Atlantic, I present the compelling findings from my publication, "Free-Riders in the Nonprofit Industrial Complex: The Problem of Flexitarianism." In a meta-analysis of over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles on veganContinue reading
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Can Flexitarianism Facilitate a Vegan World? Research Suggests Another Agenda

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 31, 2018
Can flexitarianism build a vegan world? In a meta-analysis of dozens of articles on vegan motivation, flexitarian dietary patterns, and consumer psychology, I conclude that the ideology of semi-vegetarianism promoted by the vegan/Nonhuman Animal rightsContinue reading
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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
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Veganism “At All Costs” Costs Animals

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 9, 2018January 26, 2019
As my academic interests have turned to intersections of human and nonhuman inequality, I've come to recognize that many entanglements of oppression operate unchallenged within social justice spaces themselves. Unfortunately, the Nonhuman Animal rights/vegan movementContinue reading
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Pussy Grabs Back: How Feminists Bestialized Politics but Failed Nonhuman Animals

Dr. Corey WrennMay 9, 2018August 31, 2020
In an article published with Feminist Media Studies, I explore the symbolic application of animal imagery in America's largest protest to date, the 2017 Million Women March. In the march, women and their allies "bestialized" politicsContinue reading
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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Factionalism in Animal Rights

Dr. Corey WrennJanuary 20, 2018September 16, 2018
The following essay was featured in Critical Mass: Newsletter of the Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements, American Sociological Association 42 (2): 4-6. As a long time vegan, I often use the Nonhuman AnimalContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Bystander Effect

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 30, 2017September 22, 2018
Paradoxically, the more people present when there is need for help, the less likely anyone is to help. Social psychologists refer to this as the bystander effect. It happens for at least two reasons. First, people pay less attentionContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Distraction

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 29, 2017September 22, 2018
As any good magician knows, distraction is key to landing a trick successfully. Activists can benefit from distraction as well. Research finds that audience members who are distracted are more likely to accept a messageContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Forewarning

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 28, 2017October 5, 2018
Forewarning creates resistance (Freedman and Sears 1965). If an audience is warned ahead of time that they are about to be exposed to a persuasion attempt, it is less likely that they will be persuaded.Continue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Age

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 27, 2017September 16, 2018
Diversity in the activist's audience means that there will be no one-size-fits-all tactic. This essay examines how changes in an individual's lifespan can shape their receptiveness to a vegan message. For the most part, attitudes are generationalContinue 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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