Lisa Kemmerer

Lisa Kemmerer
Nationality	American
Education	B.A. In International Studies Reed College M.A. Theological Studies & Comparative Religions Harvard Divinity School Ph.D. in Philosophy University of Glasgow
Occupation(s)	Author Professor of philosophy & religion Montana State University Billings
Known for	Anymal
Website	Official web site

Lisa Kemmerer, an ecofeminist vegan philosopher-activist, is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Montana State University Billings in the United States. She is 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 or editor of nine books.

Biography

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.

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. She returned to school in order to be a better activist, and she earned her Ph.D. in philosophy (Glasgow University, Scotland), focusing on animal ethics, and her dissertation became her first book.

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.

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 humans. 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.

Publications

Books

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

External links

• Official web site
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lisa_Kemmerer
• https://www.amazon.com/Lisa-Kemmerer/e/B001JOKT0M/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1489354917&sr=1-2