Contact Details

 

Dr Denise Russell

deniser@uow.edu.au

Denise has always been interested in animals and during her time teaching at Sydney University designed and taught a course entitled ‘Humanity and Animality’ for second and third year philosophy students. She was the founding editor of the journal Animal Issues: philosophical and ethical issues related to human/animal interactions, a University of Sydney publication which published articles on animal experimentation and related topics. It has now been taken up by Brill Publishers in Holland as part of the Animals and Society Journal. Denise served on the Animal Ethics Committee at the University of Sydney for 2 years as an Independent member. She is currently an Honorary Fellow in the School of English Literatures, Philosophy and Languages at the University of Wollongong and is writing a book on the oceans which includes chapters on threats facing whales and dolphins and the over-exploitation of fish.

 

Dr Melissa Boyde

boyde@uow.edu.au
02 42213746

Melissa’s research has been recognized through awards including the 2003 NSW Premiers History Fellowship and the 2002 Mary Alice Evatt Art Prize. She is currently a Research Fellow at University of Wollongong working on an Australian Research Council Linkage grant on understanding and developing audiences for contemporary art and craft.

She has had a lifelong interest in animals. For the past twenty years she has taken care of a small herd of cows starting with two original friesans bought to eat the grass on 5 acres. The herd grew by accident, different bulls broke through various fences, and two multiplied to twelve. They have moved with her from Picton, to Kangaroo Valley to Bathurst and finally back to the south coast. Getting to know (and love) the cows, has strengthened her determination to direct some of her research to the appalling situations many animals find themselves in – whether in laboratory cages, feed lots, abattoirs etc. In 2008 she is running a seminar series at UOW on Animals and representation.

 

Mailing Address

School of English Literatures, Philosophy and Languages,
Faculty of Arts
University of Wollongong
Northfields Ave
Wollongong NSW 2522
Australia

Last reviewed: 6 July, 2008