Lisa Kemmerer
{{short description|American academic}}
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Lisa Kemmerer is an American academic who has written on animal ethics and environmental ethics. She is an associate professor of philosophy and religion at Montana State University Billings,[https://www.routledge.com/authors/i11820-lisa-kemmerer Lisa Kemmerer], Routledge, Retrieved 20 January 2017 and is the author or editor of nine books.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/rukmini-sekhar-in-conversation-with-lisa-kemmerer-on-the-similarities-between-the-oppression-of-women-and-animals/article7382661.ece |title=Talking dominance |first=Rukmini |last=Sekhar |work=The Hindu |date=4 July 2015|accessdate=22 October 2017}}
Life
Kemmerer studied at Reed College, at Harvard and at Glasgow University in Scotland, where in 1999 she completed a PhD with a dissertation on Protectionism: applying ethics consistently.{{cite web |url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7239/1/1999kemmererphd.pdf| title=Protectionism : applying ethics consistently |website=theses.gla.ac.uk |accessdate=22 October 2017}} She is an associate professor at Montana State University in Billings, Montana, where she teaches philosophy and religious studies. In 2012 she researched wildlife conservation in Kenya and Peru.{{cite news |url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/education/msu-billings-professor-checks-out-animals-in-peru-kenya/article_be34ab68-f4d5-5f4d-90ad-451eae33735c.html |title=MSU Billings professor checks out animals in Peru, Kenya |first=Mary |last=Pickings |work=Billings Gazette |date=October 29, 2012 |accessdate=22 October 2017}} Kemmerer has coined the term anymal as a "correct" term for non-human animals.{{Cite book|title=The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics|publisher=Routledge|author=Alwin Fill, Hermine Penz|date = 14 August 2017|isbn=9781138920088|location=New York, NY|pages=167|oclc=998799420}}
Publications
- In Search of Consistency: Ethics And Animals. Leiden: Brill, 2006.
- Curly Tails and Cloven Hooves, poems. Georgetown, Kentucky: Finishing Line Press, 2011.
- as editor, with Anthony J. Nocella: Call to Compassion: Reflections on World Religions and Animal Advocacy. New York: Lantern Books, 2011.
- Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011.
- Primate People: Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2011.
- Animals and World Religions: Rightful Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
- As editor: Speaking Up for Animals: An Anthology of Women's Voices. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2012.
- Bear Necessities: Protecting Bears through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary. Leiden: Brill, 2015.
- Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, Activism, and the Quest for Common Ground. London; New York: Routledge, 2015.
- Eating Earth: Environmental Ethics and Dietary Choice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
See also
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Category:American animal rights scholars