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  M Kathy Rudy, Core Faculty
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  Associate Professor

Office Location:  210 East Duke Building
Office Phone:  (919) 684-4063
Email Address:  send me a message

Teaching (Spring 2010):

  • Womenst 101.01, Animals and ethics Synopsis
    East duke 204d, WF 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • Womenst 102s.01, Food, farming, and feminism Synopsis
    Carr 125, W 02:50 PM-05:20 PM
Education:

  • PhD Duke University 1993
  • M.Div. Duke University 1989

Research Interests: Ethics, Animals, Feminism, Religion, Food Politics, Companion Animals

Current projects: The Ethics of Earthlings: Animal Advocacy for the Rest of Us

Rudy's current project builds a new approach to animal advocacy based on feminist, postmodern, earth-friendly principles and themes. By studying animals as Pets, Food, Clothing, Entertainment, and in Science, she shows how we might understand the role of animals in human society from a different perspective than current dominant theories such as rights, welfare, or utilitarianism.

Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications   (More Publications)
  1. M.K. Rudy. "Review of Donna Haraway’s When Species Meet and Carol Adams, Josephine Donovan, eds. The Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics, in Women’s Review of Books, vol . 26, issue 1, January-February 2009, 31-32.."   (2009).
  2. M.K. Rudy, "Review of Brian Luke’s Brutal: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals forthcoming in Animals and Society, 2008.".   (Spring, Spring, 2008).