Dr. Sal Renshaw

Sal Renshaw (PhD) is a professor in the Department of Gender Equality and Social Justice at Nipissing University. Over the last ten years she has focused her teaching and course development in the areas of interdisciplinary and critical animal studies including: Animal Rites, Religion, Justice and Animals, Sanctuary and Salvation, Virtual Animals and Pets. She is the author of The Subject of Love: Hélène Cixous and the Feminine Divine (2009). Her most recent research focuses on critical animal studies and the ethics of interdisciplinary pedagogy. She is the author of the article "The Homoerotics of Trophy Hunting" in The Routledge Companion to Gender and Animals (Chloë Taylor Ed).

Session: Teaching Change: Humane Education, Youth Empowerment, and the Role of Emotion in Animal Advocacy