Dr. Amy Fitzgerald

Amy Fitzgerald, PhD is a Full Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor. Her research focuses on the intersection of harms perpetrated against people, non-human animals, and the environment. She has published many peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books. She has been accepted as an expert on the relationship between animal abuse and intimate partner violence by the British Columbia Supreme Court. Fitzgerald was the 2023-2025 University of Windsor Vice-President Research and Innovation’s Research Chair, the recipient of a Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Animals and Society section of the American Sociological Association, the University of Windsor Mid-Career Outstanding Faculty Research Award, was a Visiting Fellow in the Animal Law and Policy Program at Harvard University in 2020 and 2024, and is currently a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.

Session: Raising the Bar: Improving Pig Welfare Standards in Canada