Veganism – Page 4 – Corey Lee Wrenn, Ph.D.

Age, Gender, and Veganism

Dr. Corey WrennMay 16, 2020May 16, 2020

In a publication authored with my colleague Alexus Lizardi, Older, Greener, and Wiser: Charting the Experiences of Older Women in the American Vegan Movement, we offer the first exploratory research on an underserved demographic: olderContinue reading

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Is Honey Vegan?

Dr. Corey WrennApril 16, 2020June 23, 2021

Is honey vegan? In short, no. It is an animal product produced by Nonhuman Animals for human consumption. Honey consumed by humans is taken nonconsensually from exploited bees. However, many nonvegans (and those who identifyContinue reading

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Can a Meat Tax Advance Animal Rights?

Dr. Corey WrennJanuary 4, 2020January 4, 2020

Vegan activists typically position speciesism as a matter of supply and demand, yet elite control over both our food supply and our government makes “voting with your dollar” a relatively impotent tactic. The problem isContinue reading

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Atheists and Agnostics Largest ‘Religious’ Demographic in Animal Rights

Dr. Corey WrennJune 18, 2019June 18, 2019

In my publication with Environmental Values, I explore some interesting, if unintended findings from an earlier survey of nearly 300 American vegans I conducted in March of 2017. When asked to report their religious affiliation,Continue reading

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Why I’m Giving Beyoncé’s Vegan Campaign a Chance

Dr. Corey WrennFebruary 6, 2019February 6, 2019

Beyoncé and Jay-Z shocked mainstream news and vegan activists alike when they announced that fans who pledge to go plant-based have a chance to win free tickets to their concerts for life. Some vegans haveContinue reading

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Vegan Sausage Rolls are Resisting the Brexit

Dr. Corey WrennJanuary 6, 2019January 6, 2019

In the United Kingdom, a number of grocery chains ranging from Aldi's to Sainsbury's unveiled a new line of vegan options for the start of 2019. One such chain rolled out a rather unassuming veganContinue reading

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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 20, 2018September 9, 2018

Age (and Time Perception) Matters According to socioemotional selectivity theory, as people age, their social goals shift considerably. For younger people who have a perception that there is much time ahead, they focus on knowledge-relatedContinue 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).