NCID Exemplary Diversity Scholar, 2016

Dr. Corey WrennJuly 28, 2015July 28, 2015

I am honored to announce that I have been named the 2016 Exemplary Diversity Scholar by the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity. The NCID recognizes the contributions to both academia and community by select individuals who have become members in its scholars network. Exemplary Diversity Scholars are awarded to candidates with an established history of contributions in diversity-related research, practice, and teaching. You can view my profile in the scholar network by clicking here.

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Dr. Wrenn is Lecturer of Sociology with the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent and co-director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements. She was awarded Exemplary Diversity Scholar, 2016 by the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity. She served as council member with the American Sociological Association’s Animals & Society section (2013-2016), was elected Chair in 2018, and is co-founder of the International Association of Vegan Sociologists. She serves as Book Review Editor to Society & Animals and is a member of The Vegan Society’s Research Advisory Committee. Dr. Wrenn has been published in several peer-reviewed academic journals including the Journal of Gender Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Environmental Values, Disability & Society, Food, Culture & Society, and Society & Animals. In July 2013, she founded the Vegan Feminist Network, an academic-activist project engaging intersectional social justice praxis. She is the author of A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory (Palgrave MacMillan 2016), Piecemeal Protest: Animal Rights in the Age of Nonprofits (University of Michigan Press 2019), and Animals in Irish Society (SUNY Press 2021).

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