Corey Wrenn

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. 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. In 2013, Wrenn founded the Vegan Feminist Network, an academic-activist project. She completed a PhD in sociology at Colorado State University in 2016.

Wrenn became a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Monmouth University in 2015. Wrenn served as council member for the American Sociological Association's Animals & Society section (2013–2016) and was elected chair in 2018. 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.

Research Wrenn is a sentientist, an abolitionist vegan, and a feminist. She is the author of A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory (Palgrave MacMillan 2016) and Piecemeal Protest: Animal Rights in the Age of Nonprofits (University of Michigan Press 2019).

Select bibliography Wrenn, Corey (2016). A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 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.