Amy J. Fitzgerald
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Name: Amy J. Fitzgerald
Member Since: October 2nd, 2006
Member Name: Amy.fitzgerald
Biography:
Amy Fitzgerald is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. Her areas of interest and specialization include Animal Studies, Criminology, Environmental Sociology, Gender Studies, and Research Methods. She has conducted research on animal abuse and family violence, women sport hunters, the representations of animals and women in hunting periodicals, and the social effects of slaughterhouses. She has also co-edited (with Linda Kalof) a reader on animal studies entitled The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings, which will be published in early 2007 by Berg Publishers.
