Corey Lee Wrenn (born October 22, 1983) is an American sociologist specializing in human-animal studies, the sociology of the animal rights movement, ecofeminism, and vegan studies.^[1] She is presently a lecturer in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent.

Education and career

Wrenn received a B.A. in political science in 2005 and an M.S. in sociology in 2008, both from Virginia Tech.^[2] In 2013, Wrenn founded the Vegan Feminist Network, an academic-activist project.^[3] She completed a PhD in sociology at Colorado State University in 2016.^[4]

Wrenn became a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Monmouth University in 2015.^[4] She was awarded Exemplary Diversity Scholar by the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity in 2016.^[5] Wrenn served as council member for the American Sociological Association’s Animals & Society section (2013-2016) and was elected Chair in 2018.^[6] She left Monmouth University and took up a lectureship in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent in 2018.^[4]

She serves as Book Review Editor for Society & Animals and is a member of The Vegan Society’s Research Advisory Committee.^[7]

Research

Wrenn is a sentientist,^[8][9] an abolitionist vegan, and a feminist.^{[citation needed]} She is the author of A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory (Palgrave MacMillan 2016)^[8] and Piecemeal Protest: Animal Rights in the Age of Nonprofits (University of Michigan Press 2019).^{[citation needed]}

Select bibliography

• Wrenn, Corey (2016). A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK.^[8]
• Wrenn, Corey (2019). Piecemeal Protest: Animal Rights in the Age of Nonprofits. The University of Michigan Press.
• Wrenn, Corey (2021). Animals in Irish Society: Interspecies Oppression and Vegan Liberation in Britain's First Colony. SUNY Press.