The Program in Sexuality Studies at Duke

Education:
Ph.D., Duke University, 1993
M.Div., Duke University, 1989

Curriculum Vitae

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

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Rudy, MK, The Double Effect/Proportionalist Controversy, South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 93 no. 3 (Summer, 2013), pp. 693-710 (Reprinted in Catholic Livves, Contemporary Lives, Thomas J. Ferraro, ed. (Durham, NC: Duke Univ, 1997.) .
2. Rudy, MK, Abortion, Grace, and the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, Quarterly Review of the United Methodist Church (Spring, 2013), pp. 71-88 .
3. Rudy, MK, The Social Construction of Social Identity and the Ordination of ’Practicing’ Homosexuals: A Christian Ethical Response, The Journal of Religious Ethics, vol. 25 no. 1 (Spring, 2013), pp. 701-719 .
4. Rudy, MK, Ethics, Reproduction, Utopia: Gender and Childbearing in "Woman on the Edge of Time" and "The Left Hand of Darkness", NWSA Journal, vol. 9 no. 1 (Spring, 2013), pp. 22-38 .
5. Rudy, MK, Queer Theory and Feminism, Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 29 (Fall, 2013), pp. 195-216 .

Research Description: 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.

Areas of Interest:
Ethics,
Animals,
Feminism,
Religion,
Food Politics,
Companion Animals,
Zoos and Sanctuaries