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Lisa Kemmerer
NationalityAmerican
Occupationactivist

Lisa Kemmerer is an ecofeminist vegan philosopher-activist and professor of philosophy and religions at Montana State University Billings in the United States, known for her work for animal rights and 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/editor of nine books.

Anymal

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 that of the speaker/author. This means that if a human being uses the term, all species except Homo sapiens are indicated. If a chimpanzee signs "anymal", all species (including human beings) will be included except chimpanzees. 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.[1]

Biography

Kemmerer grew up in rural Washington State and was always sensitive to the sufferings of humans and anymals. Never happy in school, she thrived in the out-of-doors, and dropped out of college after her first year in order to learn by traveling; Kemmerer back packed through much of the South Pacific and Asia in her late teens and twenties. She continued her adventures at home, rock climbing, cycling from Washington to Alaska, and taking month-long kayak trips in Alaska. She supported her adventures through a variety of jobs, including horse trainer, nurses’ aide, fish gutter, and forest fire fighter.[citation needed]

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, then went on to earn Master of Divinity (Harvard Divinity) before taking a job in Alaska, where she co-organized (and was very active in) an animal rights collective. Poet, painter, and musician, Kemmerer was thrown out of a choir in Anchorage for refusing to wear a dress. She committed to return to school in order to be a better activist. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy (Glasgow University, Scotland), focusing on animal ethics, and her dissertation became her first book.[citation needed]

On 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, travels internationally as a speaker on animal liberation, veganism, ecofeminism, and diet and environment.[2]

Publications

Books

  • Bear Necessities: Protecting Bears through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary. (edited). Leiden: Brill. 2015.
  • Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, Activism, and the Quest for Common Ground. Ed. NY: Routledge, 2015.
  • Eating Earth: Environmental Ethics and Dietary Choice. Oxford: Oxford U. Press, 2014.
  • Animals and World Religions. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012.
  • Primate People: Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary. (edited). Salt Lake City: U of Utah, 2012.
  • Speaking Up for Animals: An Anthology of Women's Voices. (edited). Boulder: Paradigm, 2011.
  • Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice. Urbana-Champaign: U of IL, 2011.
  • Call to Compassion: Reflections on World Religions and Animal Advocacy. (edited with Anthony Nocella). NY: Lantern, 2011
  • Curly Tails and Cloven Hooves. Poetry Chapbook. Finishing Line Press. Fall, 2008.
  • In Search of Consistency: Ethics and Animals. Leiden: Brill Academic, 2006.

Encyclopedia Articles

  • “Feminism and Animal Liberation.” Lexikon der Mensch-Tier-Beziehungen (Encyclopedia/Handbook of Human-Animal Studies). Ed. by Arianna Ferrari, Klaus Petrus. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Press (2015).
  • “Religion and Animals: Pantheism and Panentheism.” Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare 2.2. Greenwood: Denver (2010): 473-475.
  • “Religion and Animals: Daoism.” Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare 2.2. Greenwood: Denver (2010): 458-460.
  • “A Biblical Imperative for a Vegan Diet.” Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare 2.2. Greenwood: Denver (2010): 479-481.
  • “Tom Regan and Peter Singer.” Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relations. Greenwood: Westport (2007): 803-05.
  • “Leo Tolstoy.” Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relations. Greenwood: Westport (2007): 811-12.
  • “Pantheism.” Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relations. Greenwood: Westport (2007): 568-70.

Some Anthology Chapters

  • “Kaporos: Multiculturalism, Ethics, and Anymals.” Multiculturalism, Race, and Animals – Contemporary Moral and Political Debates. Ed. Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues and Les Mitchell. Palgrave, Forthcoming, 2016.
  • “Multiculturalism, Indian Philosophy, and Conflicts over Cuisine.” Comparative Philosophical Perspectives on Multiculturalism: Historical, Western, Eastern, and African Approaches. Ed. Luís Cordeiro Rodrigues and Marko Simendic. Routledge, Forthcoming, 2016.
  • “Africa, Animals, and the Almighty: A Christian Call to the Cause of Animal Liberation.” Africa and Her Animals: A Philosophical & Practical Reader, University of South Africa (Unisa) Press. Ed. Rainer Ebert and Anteneh Roba. University of South Africa Press (UNISA). Forthcoming, 2016.
  • “Social Justice, Sincerity, and Sustenance.” Circles of Compassion: Connecting Issues of Justice Ed. Will Tuttle. Boston: Vegan Publishers, 2014.
  • “Myth Unmasked: Eating Your Relatives with a Clear Conscience.” Issues in Ethics and Animal Rights. Ed. Manish Vyas. New Delhi: Daya Publishing House, 2011. 420-32.
  • “Theorizing ‘Others’.” Theorizing Animals. Ed. Nicola Taylor & Tania Signal. Brill Academic, 2011. 59-84 “Islam: Muhammad, Sacred Writings, and Animal Liberation.”
  • “Nooz.” Metamorphoses of the Zoo: Animal Encounters after Noah. Ed. Ralph Acampora. NY: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010: 37-56.

Some Journal Articles

  • Kemmerer, Lisa (2016). "Investigating Intersections: Exploring the Growth and Expansion of Anymal Liberation". Green Theory and Praxis. Special Issue, Queer Theory and Ecofeminism. 10:3.
  • “Ethics and Eating Fishes.” Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy. Accepted. Forthcoming, 2016.
  • “Connections, Complications, and Compromise.” Satya: Vegetarianism, Environmentalism, Animal Advocacy, and Social Justice. Winter 2016. 74-76.
  • Kemmerer, Lisa A. (2014). "Defending the Defenceless: Speciesism, Animal Liberation, and Consistency in Applied Ethics". Les ateliers de l'éthique. 9 (3): 238. doi:10.7202/1029068ar.
  • Degeling, Chris; Irvine, Rob; Kerridge, Ian (2013). "Faith-based perspectives on the use of chimeric organisms for medical research". Transgenic Research. 23 (2): 265. doi:10.1007/s11248-013-9770-z. PMID 24293125.
  • “Ecofeminism: Women, Environment, Animals.” DEP: Deportate, Esuli, Profughe. Ca' Foscari University of Venezia, Italy, 23 (2013).
  • “Limited Funds: Assessing Rescues and Sanctuaries.” Journal of Critical Animal Studies 8.4 (2010): 101-112.
  • “The Great Unity: Daoism, Nonhuman Animals, and Human Ethics.” Journal of Critical Animal Studies 7.2 (Oct. 2009): 68-83.
  • “‘Engaged Buddhism in Retreat’ Revisited: A Reply to Barbara Newell’s Response.” Human Architecture 7.3 (Summer 2009): 221-227.
  • “Hindu Ethics and Nonhuman Animals.” Swadharam Journal 3 (April 2009): 32-45.
  • “Just War and Warrior Activists.” Green Theory and Praxis: a Journal of Ecological Politics (Dec/Jan 2009): 25-49. The whole journal can be accessed at
  • By Invitation. “Buddhist Ethics and Non-Human Animals.” Peace Studies Journal 1.1 (Fall 2008): 13-31.
  • “Engaged Buddhism in Retreat.” Human Architecture 6.3 (Summer 2008): 135-143.
  • “Christian Ethics and Nonhuman Animals.” Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy 5.3 (Summer 2008).
  • “Buddhist Arahants: A Comparative Vision Focusing on Acharn Mun.” Bodhi Journal 7 (March 2008).
  • “Introducing Critical Animal Studies.” (Co-authors Steve Best, Anthony Nocella, Richard Kahn, and Carol Gigliotti). Animal Liberation Philosophy and Policy Journal 5.1 (2007). 4-5.
  • “Buddhist Ethics: Compassion for All.” Bodhi Journal 5 (Fall 2007).
  • By Invitation. “Jewish Ethics and Nonhuman Animals.” Journal of the Institute of Critical Animal Studies 5.2 (2007).
  • “Peter Singer on Expendability.” Between The Species 7 (2007).
  • “Verbal Activism: ‘Anymals’.” Society and Animals 14.1 (May 2006): 9-14.
  • “Innocent Threats.” Between The Species: An Electronic Journal for the Study of Philosophy and Animals (Nov. 2005)
  • “Teaching Eco-Justice through Just War Theory.” EcoJustice Review.
  • Kemmerer, Lisa (2004). "Killing traditions: Consistency in applied moral philosophy". Ethics, Place & Environment. 7 (3): 151. doi:10.1080/1366879042000332952.
  • “Hunting Tradition: Treaties, Law, and Subsistence Killing.” Animal Liberation Philosophy and Policy Journal 2.2 (Oct. 2004)m 26-44.

References

  1. ^ Kemmerer, Lisa (2006). "Verbal Activism: "Anymal"". Society & Animals. 14: 9. doi:10.1163/156853006776137186.
  2. ^ Lisa Kemmerer, Routledge, Retrieved 20 January 2017
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