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'''Lisa Kemmerer''', an [[Ecofeminism|ecofeminist]] [[Veganism|vegan]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]]-[[Activism|activist]], is professor of philosophy and religion at [[Montana State University Billings]]. She is known for her work for [[animal rights]] and [[Animal liberation movement|liberation]], where she works largely at the crossroads between [[speciesism]] and other [[social justice]] concerns— [[feminism]], [[heterosexism]], and [[classism]]. She has nearly one hundred publications (largely journal articles, anthology chapters, and encyclopedia entries), and is the author or editor of nine books.


'''Lisa Kemmerer''' is an American academic who has written on [[animal ethics]] and [[environmental ethics]]. She is an associate professor of philosophy and religion at [[Montana State University Billings]],<ref>[https://www.routledge.com/authors/i11820-lisa-kemmerer Lisa Kemmerer], Routledge, Retrieved 20 January 2017</ref> and is the author or editor of nine books.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/rukmini-sekhar-in-conversation-with-lisa-kemmerer-on-the-similarities-between-the-oppression-of-women-and-animals/article7382661.ece |title=Talking dominance |first=Rukmini |last=Sekhar |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=4 July 2015|accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Kemmerer grew up in rural Washington State, and dropped out of college after her first year in order to learn by traveling. She back packed through much of the South Pacific and Asia in her late teens and twenties. {{citation needed|date=January 2017}}


==Education==
== Life ==
Kemmerer studied at [[Reed College]], at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and at [[Glasgow University]] in Scotland, where in 1999 she completed a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] with a dissertation on ''Protectionism: applying ethics consistently''.<ref name="theses">{{cite web |url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7239/1/1999kemmererphd.pdf| title=Protectionism : applying ethics consistently |website=theses.gla.ac.uk |accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref> She is an [[associate professor]] at [[Montana State University]] in [[Billings, Montana]], where she teaches philosophy and religious studies. In 2012 she researched [[wildlife conservation]] in Kenya and Peru.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/education/msu-billings-professor-checks-out-animals-in-peru-kenya/article_be34ab68-f4d5-5f4d-90ad-451eae33735c.html |title=MSU Billings professor checks out animals in Peru, Kenya |first=Mary |last=Pickings |work=Billings Gazette |date=October 29, 2012 |accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref> Kemmerer has coined the term ''anymal'' as a "[[Political correctness|correct]]" term for non-human animals.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics|publisher=Routledge|author=Alwin Fill, Hermine Penz|date = 14 August 2017|isbn=9781138920088|location=New York, NY|pages=167|oclc=998799420}}</ref>
After witnessing religious violence in Northern India and Israel and religious suppression in China, Kemmerer decided to study religions and teach as a way to work toward world peace. She organized a campus animal rights group at [[Reed College]], where she earned a degree in International Studies, and then earned Master of Divinity (Harvard Divinity) before taking a job in Alaska, where she co-organized an animal rights collective.


== Publications ==
She studied at [[Glasgow University]], [[Scotland]], completing a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1999 wit ha dissertation titled ''Protectionism : applying ethics consistently''.<ref name=theses">{{cite web |url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7239/1/1999kemmererphd.pdf| title=Protectionism : applying ethics consistently |website=theses.gla.ac.uk |accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref> Her thesis focused on [[animal ethics]], and her dissertation became her first book.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}


* ''In Search of Consistency: Ethics And Animals''. Leiden: Brill, 2006.
==Academic career==
* ''Curly Tails and Cloven Hooves, poems''. Georgetown, Kentucky: Finishing Line Press, 2011.
After graduation, Kemmerer returned to work at her sister's [[animal sanctuary]] before taking a position at Montana State University, where she teaches philosophy and religious studies.<ref>[https://www.routledge.com/authors/i11820-lisa-kemmerer Lisa Kemmerer], Routledge, Retrieved 20 January 2017</ref> In 2012 she travelled to [[Kenya]] and [[Peru]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/education/msu-billings-professor-checks-out-animals-in-peru-kenya/article_be34ab68-f4d5-5f4d-90ad-451eae33735c.html |title=MSU Billings professor checks out animals in Peru, Kenya |first=Mary |last=Pickings |work=Billings Gazette |date=October 29, 2012 |accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref>
* as editor, with Anthony J. Nocella: ''Call to Compassion: Reflections on World Religions and Animal Advocacy''. New York: Lantern Books, 2011.
* ''Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice''. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011.
* ''Primate People: Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary''. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2011.
* ''Animals and World Religions: Rightful Relations''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
* As editor: ''Speaking Up for Animals: An Anthology of Women's Voices''. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2012.
* ''Bear Necessities: Protecting Bears through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary''. Leiden: Brill, 2015.
* ''Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, Activism, and the Quest for Common Ground''. London; New York: Routledge, 2015.
* ''Eating Earth: Environmental Ethics and Dietary Choice''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.


== Anymal ==
==See also==
* [[List of animal rights advocates]]
Kemmerer coined the term anymal (a contraction of "any" and "animal", pronounced like "any" and "mal"), to refer to all individuals who are of a species other than humans.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/998799420|title=The Routledge handbook of ecolinguistics|last=|first=|publisher=Routledge|others=Fill, Alwin,, Penz, Hermine,|year=|isbn=9781138920088|location=New York, NY|pages=167|oclc=998799420}}</ref> Using the term "anymal" avoids the use of:
* "animal" as if human beings were not animals;
* dualistic and alienating references such as "non" and "other"; and
* cumbersome terms such as nonhuman animals and other-than-human animals.<ref>{{cite journal|year=2006|title=Verbal Activism: "Anymal"|journal=Society & Animals|volume=14|pages=9|doi=10.1163/156853006776137186|last1=Kemmerer|first1=Lisa}}</ref>

== Publications ==
'''Books'''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/rukmini-sekhar-in-conversation-with-lisa-kemmerer-on-the-similarities-between-the-oppression-of-women-and-animals/article7382661.ece |title=Talking dominance |first=Rukmini |last=Sekhar |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=4 July 2015|accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref>

*{{Cite book
| date = 2015
| publisher = Leiden: Brill
| isbn = 978-9004292901
| title = Bear Necessities: Protecting Bears through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary.
}}
*{{Cite book
| date = 2015
| publisher = Routledge
| isbn = 978-1138825888
| title = Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, Activism, and the Quest for Common Ground.
}}
*{{Cite book
| date = 2014
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| isbn = 978-0199391844
| title = Eating Earth: Environmental Ethics and Dietary Choice
}}
*{{Cite book
| date = 2012
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| isbn = 978-0199790685
| title = Animals and World Religions
}}
*{{Cite book
| date = 2012
| publisher = University of Utah Press
| isbn = 978-1607811787
| title = Primate People: Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary.
}}
*{{Cite book
| date = 2011
| publisher = Routledge
| isbn = 978-1612050881
| title = Speaking Up for Animals: An Anthology of Women's Voices
}}
*{{Cite book
| date = 2011
| publisher = University of Illinois Press
| isbn = 978-0252078118
| title = Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice
}}
*{{Cite book
| date = 2011
| publisher = Lantern Books
| isbn = 978-1590561829
| title = Call to Compassion: Call to Compassion: Reflections on World Religions and Animal Advocacy
}}
*{{Cite book
| date = 2008
| publisher = Finishing Line Press
| isbn = 978-1599243184
| title = Curly Tails and Cloven Hooves
}}
*{{Cite book
| date = 2006
| publisher = Brill
| isbn = 978-9004147256
| title = In Search of Consistency: Ethics And Animals (Human-Animal Studies)
}}


==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.lisakemmerer.com}}
* [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lisa_Kemmerer ResearchGate profile]

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Lisa Kemmerer
NationalityAmerican
Education
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Professor, Montana State University Billings
Websitelisakemmerer.com

Lisa Kemmerer is an American academic who has written on animal ethics and environmental ethics. She is an associate professor of philosophy and religion at Montana State University Billings,[1] and is the author or editor of nine books.[2]

Life

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Kemmerer studied at Reed College, at Harvard and at Glasgow University in Scotland, where in 1999 she completed a PhD with a dissertation on Protectionism: applying ethics consistently.[3] She is an associate professor at Montana State University in Billings, Montana, where she teaches philosophy and religious studies. In 2012 she researched wildlife conservation in Kenya and Peru.[4] Kemmerer has coined the term anymal as a "correct" term for non-human animals.[5]

Publications

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  • In Search of Consistency: Ethics And Animals. Leiden: Brill, 2006.
  • Curly Tails and Cloven Hooves, poems. Georgetown, Kentucky: Finishing Line Press, 2011.
  • as editor, with Anthony J. Nocella: Call to Compassion: Reflections on World Religions and Animal Advocacy. New York: Lantern Books, 2011.
  • Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011.
  • Primate People: Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2011.
  • Animals and World Religions: Rightful Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
  • As editor: Speaking Up for Animals: An Anthology of Women's Voices. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2012.
  • Bear Necessities: Protecting Bears through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary. Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, Activism, and the Quest for Common Ground. London; New York: Routledge, 2015.
  • Eating Earth: Environmental Ethics and Dietary Choice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lisa Kemmerer, Routledge, Retrieved 20 January 2017
  2. ^ Sekhar, Rukmini (4 July 2015). "Talking dominance". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Protectionism : applying ethics consistently" (PDF). theses.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  4. ^ Pickings, Mary (October 29, 2012). "MSU Billings professor checks out animals in Peru, Kenya". Billings Gazette. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  5. ^ Alwin Fill, Hermine Penz (14 August 2017). The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 9781138920088. OCLC 998799420.
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