Sue Donaldson

Sue Donaldson

Research Associate

Philosophy

Arts and Science

Education
  • BA, Queen鈥檚 University
  • B Ed., University of Toronto
  • MA, Carleton University
Specializations / Research Interests

Animals Politics, Animal Ethics, Political Theory, Feminist Philosophy

成人大片

Sue Donaldson followed an unconventional path as teacher, creator and advocate before finding her 鈥榝orever home鈥 in philosophy. Her research is situated in the political turn in animal rights theory, and explores the implications of recognizing animals as members of social, cultural 鈥 and political -- communities. What would it mean to live with other animals in relationships of mutual respect and flourishing instead of tyranny and exploitation? Sue鈥檚 work considers how animals might co-author their relationships with us, as co-citizens in a multispecies demos, denizens of shared liminal spaces, and sovereigns of wilderness territories. This work draws insights from citizenship theory, feminist political theory, disability theory, children's rights theory, democratic theory, ethology, and ecological ethics; as well as practical "experiments in living" such as animal sanctuaries and intentional communities.  She is the co-author (with Will Kymlicka) of Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (Oxford UP 2011), which has been translated into German, French, Turkish, Polish, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.  She is the author (or co-author) of 4 books, and has written more than 30 academic articles for journals, edited collections, and handbooks. She has also contributed multiple interviews and dozens of essays and columns on animal-related topics for popular media. Sue is co-convenor of the research group at Queen鈥檚. APPLE sponsors animal studies talks, workshops, reading groups, public outreach, public policy development and the 鈥楢nimal Turn鈥 podcast.

Books
  • In progress: a book on political community and agency in a multispecies world.
  • Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosopher鈥檚 Brief (Routledge 2018) Co-authored with 12 other philosophers.
  • Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (Oxford UP 2011). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka. Winner of the 2013 Canadian Philosophical Association book prize.
  • Thread of Deceit (Sumach Press 2004) Short-listed for an Arthur Ellis crime writing award.
  • Foods that Don鈥檛 Bite Back (Arsenal Pulp Press/Whitecap Books, 2003)
Selected Journal Articles
  • 鈥淎nimal Agora: Animal citizens and the democratic challenge鈥, Social Theory and Practice 46/4 (2020).
  • 鈥淎nimal Agency in Community: A Political Multispecies Ethnography of VINE Sanctuary鈥, Politics and Animals 6 (2020). Co-authored with Charlotte Blattner and Ryan Wilcox.
  • 鈥淟ocating Animals in Political Philosophy鈥, Philosophy Compass 11/1 (2016). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淎 Sustainable Campus: The Sydney Declaration on Interspecies Sustainability鈥, Animal Studies Journal, Vol. 5/1, (2016). Co-authored with 10 colleagues.
  • 鈥淔armed Animal Sanctuaries: The Heart of the Movement?鈥 Politics & Animals 1 (2015). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淚nterspecies Politics: Reply to Hinchcliffe and Ladwig鈥, Journal of Political Philosophy 23/3 (2015). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淎nimal Rights, Multiculturalism and the Left鈥, Journal of Social Philosophy 45/1 (2014). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淯nruly Beasts: Animal Citizens and the Threat of Tyranny鈥, Canadian Journal of Political Science 47/1 (2014). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka
  • 鈥淎nimals and the Frontiers of Citizenship鈥, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 34/2 (2014). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淩eply: Animal Citizenship, Liberal Theory and the Historical Moment鈥, Dialogue 52/4 (2013). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • Reply to Sv盲rd, Nurse, and Ryland鈥, Journal of Animal Ethics 3/2 (2013).
  • 鈥淎 Defense of Animal Citizens and Sovereigns鈥, Law, Ethics and Philosophy 1/1 (2013). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
Selected Chapters in Books
  •  鈥淎nimal Labour in a Post-Work Society鈥, in C.Blattner, K. Coulter and W. Kymlicka (eds) Animal Labour: A new frontier in interspecies justice? (OUP 2019). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  •  鈥淢etics, Members and Citizens鈥, in Rainer Baub枚ck (ed) Democratic Inclusion: Rainer Baub枚ck in Dialogue (Manchester UP 2018). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淩ethinking Membership and Participation in an Inclusive Democracy: Cognitive Disability, Children, Animals鈥 in Barbara Arneil and Nancy Hirschmann (eds) Disability and Political Theory (Cambridge UP 2017). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka
  • 鈥淏orn Allies: Children and Animals鈥 in Laura Buzzard et. al (eds) The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose, 3rd Canadian Edition (Broadview Press 2017). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淏etween Wild and Domesticated鈥, in Bernice Bovenkerk and Jozef Keulartz (eds) Animal Ethics in the Age of Humans: Blurring boundaries in human-animal relationships (Springer 2016). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淢ake it So: Envisaging a Zoopolitical Revolution鈥 in Paola Cavalieri (ed) Philosophy and the Politics of Animal Liberation (Palgrave Macmillan 2016). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淎nimal Rights and Aboriginal Rights鈥, in Vaughan Black, Peter Sankoff and Katie Sykes (eds), Perspectives on Animals and the Law in Canada (Irwin Law, 2015). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淔rom Polis to Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights鈥 in Karen Wendling (ed) Ethics in Canada: Ethical, Social and Political Perspectives (OUP 2015). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
Encyclopedia & Handbook Entries
  • 鈥淩efuge d鈥檃nimaux鈥, in Renan Larue (ed.) La pens茅e v茅gane (PUF 2020).
  • 鈥淩ights鈥, in Lori Gruen (ed) Critical Terms in Animal Studies (University of Chicago Press 2018). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淐hildren and Animals鈥 in Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Childhood and Children (Routledge 2018). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淚nclusive Citizenship beyond the Capacity Contract鈥 in Ayelet Shachar et al. (eds) Oxford Handbook of Citizenship (OUP 2017). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.
  • 鈥淎nimals in Political Theory鈥 in Linda Kalof (ed) The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies (OUP 2017). Co-authored with Will Kymlicka.