Kristin Andrews | |
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Born | Nashville, United States |
Occupation | Professor |
Academic background | |
Education | B.A., 1992, Antioch College M.A., 1995, Western Michigan University PhD, Philosophy, 2000, University of Minnesota |
Thesis | Predicting mind: belief attribution in philosophy and psychology (2000) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Appalachian State University York University |
Website | kristinandrews |
Kristin Alexandra Andrews is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at York University and she holds the York Research Chair in Animal Minds.
Andrews attended Antioch College and conducted co-op research at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Hawaii. After earning her Bachelor of Arts,she moved to Western Michigan University for her Master's degree where her first article was published in Etica et Animali. [1]
After earning her PhD from the University of Minnesota under the supervision of Ronald Giere,she became an assistant professor of philosophy at Appalachian State University from July 2000 until June 2002. [2] Andrews joined the faculty at York University following encouragement from York Psychology Professor Anne E. Russon. [1] She received the Western Michigan University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011. [3] The next year,she published "Do Apes Read Minds? Toward a New Folk Psychology" through the MIT Press. [4]
In 2015,Andrews was elected a Member of the College of New Scholars,Artists,and Scientists from the Royal Society of Canada. [5] The next year,she was appointed a Tier II York Research Chair in Animal Minds, [6] and received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant for her project,"Animals and Moral Practice." [7] Andrews was also awarded the Philosophy of Science Women's Caucus Award [8] and recognized by York University as a research leader. [9]
In 2018,Andrews was a member of York's Artificial Intelligence and Society Task Force. [10] She also published her second book,titled Chimpanzee Rights:The Philosophers' Brief ( ISBN 1138618667). The following year, she earned $250,000 over two years for her project, "Zero-Gravity 3D Bioprinting of Super-Soft Materials," with Alex Czekanski, Tara Haas, and Roxanne Mykitiuk. [11] In 2024, Andrews, along with Jeff Sebo and Jonathan Birch, launched the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness. [12]
Deborah P. Britzman is a professor and a practicing psychoanalyst at York University. Britzman's research connects psychoanalysis with contemporary pedagogy, teacher education, social inequality, problems of intolerance and historical crisis.
Lorraine Code is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her principal area of research is feminist epistemology and the politics of knowledge.
Isabella C. Bakker is a Canadian political scientist, currently a Distinguished Research Professor and York Research Chair at York University. In 2009, Bakker became the first York University professor to earn a Trudeau Fellowship and was later elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Debra Pepler is a Canadian psychologist known for her research and advocacy within the field of childhood aggression and bullying. She is currently a distinguished research professor at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
Ruth Green (Mohawk) is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at York University in Toronto. She is the special advisor to the president of York University on Indigenous initiatives.
Dawn R. Bazely is a full professor in biology in the Faculty of Science, and the former Director of the Institute for Research Innovation in Sustainability, at York University in Canada. In 2015 she was awarded the title of University Professor for services to research, teaching, and the institution. Bazely has been a field biologist for forty years and her research specializes in plant-animal interactions in ecology. She has also been recognized for her science communication.
Rachel M. Koopmans is an American–Canadian academic and author specializing in medieval history. She is an associate professor of history at York University and a member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada. She was part of a research team that discovered that two stained glass panels at the Canterbury Cathedral, thought to be late Victorian panels, instead dated to the 1180s.
Bettina Bradbury is a professor emerita in the Department of History and Gender Studies at York University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She is also the author of numerous history books.
Joan Judge is a Professor in the Department of History at York University. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018. Her academic focus is on Chinese history.
Leah F. Vosko is a professor of political science and Canada Research Chair at York University. Her research interests are focused on political economy, labour rights, gender studies, migration, and citizenship. In 2015, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Rebecca Rita Elizabeth Riddell (née Pillai) is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a basic-behavioural scientist. She is a full professor at York University and Tier 2 York Research Chair in Pain and Mental Health.
Jonathan Charles Edmondson is a British-born historian. He holds Full Professor and Distinguished Research Professorship status at York University and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Marcia Hampton Rioux was a Canadian legal scholar. She was a Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University.
Marlis Erica Schweitzer is a Canadian theatre and performance historian. She is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre at York University.
Susan Lee McGrath is a Professor Emerita in the School of Social Work at York University and former director of York's Centre for Refugee Studies.
Rosemary J. Coombe is a Canadian anthropologist and lawyer, She is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at York University and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Cultural Studies. Previously, she was a full professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.
Jane Marie Heffernan is a Canadian mathematician. Her research focuses on understanding the spread and persistence of infectious diseases. She is a full professor at York University and a Tier 2 York Research Chair in Multi-Scale Quantitative Methods for Evidence-Based Health Policy. She is the director of the Centre for Disease Modelling, and is on the board of directors of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society.
Deanne Williams is a Canadian author and literary scholar. She is a Professor in York University's Department of English. A pioneer in early modern Girls' studies, she has published research on Shakespeare's girl characters and girl performers in medieval and early modern England, as well as on the influence of French culture on English literature.
Joel D. Katz is a Canadian psychologist and researcher. He is a Distinguished Research Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology at York University. He also serves as the Research Director of the Pain Research Unit in the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management at the Toronto General Hospital and is a professor in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Toronto.
Molly Madeleine Ladd-Taylor is a Canadian historian. Having moved to Canada during the 1990s, she is a professor of history at York University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her research focuses on the histories of women's health, maternal and child welfare policy, and eugenics in the United States.