Lori Gruen is an American philosopher, ethicist, and author who is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at

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."Lori Gruen, PhD"
Wesleyan University. Gruen is also Professor of Science in Society, and Professor of Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan. A scholar specializing in

animal ethics Animal ethics is a branch of ethics which examines human-animal relationships, the moral consideration of animals and how nonhuman animals ought to be treated. The subject matter includes animal rights, animal welfare, animal law, speciesism, an ...

, Gruen is the author of several books, including ''Ethics and Animals: An Introduction'' (2011) and ''Entangled Empathy: An Alternative Ethic for Our Relationships with Animals'' (2015). She is the creator of ''first100chimps.wesleyan.edu'', a memorial for the first 100 chimpanzees used in research in the United States. Gruen has written for ''Time'' magazine, ''Al Jazeera'', and the ''Washington Post''.

Career

After obtaining a BA in philosophy from the

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in 1983, Gruen spent a year as a graduate student at the

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, then worked for the animal liberation movement. In 1987 she published her first book, ''Animal Liberation: A Graphic Guide'', written with

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and illustrated by David Hine, then returned to the University of Colorado Boulder in 1989, where she completed her PhD in 1994. Her teaching posts have included the

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(1991–1992);

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(1994–1997); the

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(1997); and

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(1994–1999). After joining Wesleyan University in 2000 as an assistant professor, she became chair of the philosophy department in 2010, professor in the feminist, gender and sexuality studies program in 2011, and the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy in 2015. She also co-coordinates a summer fellowship program in animal studies at Wesleyan.

''Hypatia''

Gruen served as the co-editor of ''

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'', the

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journal, from 2008 to 2010, and as a member of its board of associate editors from 2010 to 2015. She edited two special editions of the journal: ''25th Anniversary: Feminist Legacies/Feminist Futures'' (2010) and, with Kari Weil, ''Animal Others'' (2012). The journal published a symposium in 2017 on Gruen's idea of "entangled empathy". In April 2017, ''Hypatia'' published a peer-reviewed article comparing

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and transracial identities. ''New York'' magazine reported that Gruen was a lead signatory of an open letter calling for the article's retraction. ''Hypatias editor-in-chief stood by the publication of the article.

Selected works

* (1987) with

and David Hine. * (1994) with Dale Jamieson (eds.). * (1997) with George E. Panichas (eds.). *(2007) with Laura Grabel and Peter Singer (eds.). * (2011) *(2012) with Dale Jemieson and Christopher Schlottmann (eds.). * (2014) (ed.) *(2014) with Carol J. Adams (eds.). *(2015) * (2018) with Fiona Probyn-Rapsey (eds.). *(2018) (ed.)

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Faculty page
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Career

''Hypatia''

Selected works

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