Animals and Agency

Sarah E. McFarland, PhD (2005) in English, University of Oregon, is assistant professor at Northwestern State University. Her publications examine how representations of animals are used to construct human conceptions of animal subjectivity, gender privilege, and contemporary environmental ethics.Ryan Hediger, PhD (2005) in English, University of Oregon, is visiting assistant professor at La Salle University. His research focuses on the rhetorical function of literary and cultural objects in 20th-century and contemporary America, with emphasis on animals, ethics, and environment.

• Contributors include: Rebecca Bishop, Matthew Candelaria, J.J. Clark, Debra Durham, Ryan Hediger, David Lulka, Jed Mayer, Sarah E. McFarland, Debra Merskin, Dipika Nath, Rebecca Onion, Stephanie Rowe, Shelly R. Scott, Laurence Simmons, Traci Warkentin, and Cat Yampell.