Corey Lee Wrenn | |
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| Born | October 22, 1983 |
| Occupation | Academic |
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| Alma mater | Colorado State University |
| Thesis | (2016) |
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| Discipline | Sociologist |
| Sub-discipline | Animal rights movement;human-animal studies;veganism |
| Institutions | Monmouth University;University of Kent |
Corey Lee Wrenn (born October 22,1983) is an American sociologist specializing in human-animal studies,the sociology of the animal rights movement,ecofeminism,and vegan studies. [1] She is presently a lecturer in the School of Social Policy,Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent.
Wrenn received a B.A. in political science in 2005 and an M.S. in sociology in 2008,both from Virginia Tech. [2] In 2013,Wrenn founded the Vegan Feminist Network,an academic-activist project. [3] She completed a PhD in sociology at Colorado State University in 2016. [4]
Wrenn became a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Monmouth University in 2015. [4] She was awarded Exemplary Diversity Scholar by the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity in 2016. [5] Wrenn served as council member for the American Sociological Association’s Animals &Society section (2013–2016) and was elected chair in 2018. [6] She left Monmouth University and took up a lectureship in the School of Social Policy,Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent in 2018. [4]
She serves as Book Review Editor for Society &Animals and is a member of The Vegan Society’s Research Advisory Committee. [7]
Wrenn is a sentientist, [8] [9] an abolitionist vegan,and a feminist.[ citation needed ] She is the author of A Rational Approach to Animal Rights:Extensions in Abolitionist Theory (Palgrave MacMillan 2016) [8] and Piecemeal Protest:Animal Rights in the Age of Nonprofits (University of Michigan Press 2019).[ citation needed ]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)| External audio | |
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 "Episode 125: Animal Rights Professionalisation with Corey Lee Wrenn"Wrenn discusses Piecemeal Protest on the Knowing Animals podcast. |
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