Joan Dunayer is an American writer, editor, and
animal rights
Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the sa ...
advocate. She is the author of two books, ''Animal Equality'' (2001) and ''Speciesism'' (2004).
Dunayer graduated from
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
and has master's degrees in English literature, education, and psychology.
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Selected works
Books
*''Speciesism'' (Derwood, MD: Ryce Publishing, 2004).
*''Animal Equality: Language and Liberation'' (Derwood, MD: Ryce Publishing, 2001).
Book Chapters
“Mixed Messages: Opinion Pieces by Representatives of US Nonhuman-Advocacy Organizations,” in ''Critical Animal and Media Studies: Communication for Nonhuman Animal Advocacy'', ed. Núria Almiron, Matthew Cole, and Carrie P. Freeman (New York: Routledge, 2016), 91-106.
“The Rights of Sentient Beings: Moving Beyond Old and New Speciesism,” in ''The Politics of Species: Reshaping Our Relationships with Other Animals'', ed. Raymond Corbey and Annette Lanjouw (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013), 27–39.
“Sexist Words, Speciesist Roots,” in ''Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations'', ed. Carol J. Adams and Josephine Donovan (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1995), 11–31.
Articles
"Advancing Animal Rights"''Journal of Animal Law'' (Volume III, 2007)
''Satya Magazine'' (October 2006)
''Vegan Voice'' (September/November 2005)
''The Vegan'' (Summer 2005)
''Satya Magazine'' (March 2005)
''English Today'' (Vol. 19, No. 1, 2003)
Speech at Animal Rights Vienna conference in Austria (September 2002)
"On Speciesist Language"''On The Issues Magazine'' (Winter 1990)
See also
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List of animal rights advocates
Advocates of animal rights support the philosophy of animal rights. They believe that many or all sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as in avoiding suff ...
References
Further reading
Interview of Joan DunayerVegan Festivals (2005)
Joan Dunayer on SpeciesismAnimal Voices (November 23, 2004)
Vegan Voice (2001)
Interview with Joan DunayerAnimal Voices (July 26, 2001)
Year of birth missing (living people)
American animal rights scholars
American veganism activists
Living people
Princeton University alumni
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