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Person-Post: Lauren Corman – Associate Fellow

3rd June 2009

was recently appointed to the Critical Animal Studies probationary tenure track position in the Department of Sociology at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. She will be teaching two “Animals and the Law” courses, and an “Animals and Human Society” course during her first year. She is completing her PhD in Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto, Canada. Her dissertation, “The Ventriloquist’s Burden (?): Voice, Animals, and Community Radio” analyses voice and its relationship to nonhuman animal subjectivity. In 2006, she taught a course entitled, “Human/Non-Human Animal Relations,” which focused on feminist, critical race, environmental, and labour approaches to “the question of the animal.” She has been a host and producer of the weekly radio show/podcast, Animal Voices since 2001. The programme promotes critique and coalition-building across environmental, social justice, and animal movements, while also highlighting animal-oriented scholarship. She is currently editing a “best of” Animal Voices anthology. Lauren has been interviewed for Satya, Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, and Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism. She was the guest editor for ‘Animal,’ the newest issue of Undercurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies.