Lori Gruen
Professor of Philosophy, of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and of Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University
Professor of Philosophy, of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and of Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University
Lori Gruen is Professor of Philosophy, of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and of Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University where she also coordinates Wesleyan Animal Studies. Her work lies at the intersection of ethical theory and practice, with a particular focus on issues that impact those overlooked in traditional ethical investigations, e.g. women, people of color, and non-human animals. Her most recent book is Ethics and Animals: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2011). Her current work explores the ethical issues raised by captivity, which emerges from lessons learned from the lives of some of the chimpanzees she has come to know, respect, and love. She has documented the history of the first 100 chimpanzees in research in the US (http://first100chimps. wesleyan.edu/).
