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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 (Fall 2009):

  • Womenst 49s.01, First year seminar Synopsis
    White 201, MW 02:50 PM-04:05 PM
  • Womenst 162s.01, Gender and popular culture
    See instru, Tu 04:40 PM-07:10 PM
  • Ls 270.25, Selected topics
    See instru, Th 06:15 PM-08:45 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 Brian Luke’s Brutal: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals forthcoming in Animals and Society, 2008.".   (Spring, Spring, 2008).
  2. M.K. Rudy. "Entertaining the Unreasonable." World Knowledges Otherwise 2:na (Fall, Accepted, Fall, 2004): na.  [abs]
  3. M.K. Rudy, "Review of Elizabeth Stuart's Gay and Lesbian Theologies: Repetitions with Critical Difference". Theology & Sexuality  (September, September, 2004).