Assistant Professor
Email: twarkent@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-3591
Fax: 212-772-5268
Office: 1046 HN

Mailing Address:
Department of Geography
Hunter College of the City University of New York
695 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065

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Biography:

Prof. Warkentin’s current research examines the ethical and educational dimensions of the places where humans meet whales. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Canada, the U.S. and Australia. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of Prof. Warkentin’s work, she has publications in the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, Ethics and the Environment, AI & Society, entries in the Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships, as well as chapters on decolonizing zoos and on animal agency in edited collections. Broadly, Prof. Warkentin’s work seeks to examine the intersections of geography, ethics and feminist epistemologies in environmental thought, education, and methods of research. Her work brings together content with form by investigating the influence of physical and social contexts on how and what people learn about animals and the environment, as well as developing methods for ethical ways of making knowledge. This work coincides with Prof. Warkentin’s commitment to environmentally and socially just teaching.

Education:

PhD	2007	York University, Environmental Studies
MA	1999	Lancaster University, UK, Environmental Philosophy
PBD	1996	Capilano College, Environmental Sciences
BSc	1994	University of British Columbia, Honors Biology

Research and Teaching Interests:

Environmental and geographic education, environmental ethics, animal studies, environmental feminism, environment and culture, phenomenological biology

Professional Positions:

Book Review Editor, Canadian Journal of Environmental Education

Courses:

GEOG 383.07 / 703.92 Environmental and Sustainability Education
GEOG 383.08 / 703.03 Culture and Nature

Illustrative Publications:

ARTICLES

Forthcoming. Interspecies Etiquette: An Ethics of Paying Attention to Animals. Ethics & the Environment, 15(1).

2006. Dis/Integrating Animals: Ethical Dimensions of the Genetic Engineering of Animals for Human      Consumption. Special Issue: Genetic Technologies and Animals AI & Society, 20, 80-102.

2006. (with T. Leduc) Creative Disruptions in the Subway of Critical Environmental Pedagogy. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 11, 166-178.

2002. It’s Not Just What You Say, But How You Say It: An Exploration of the Moral Dimensions of Metaphor and the Phenomenology of Narrative. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 7(2), 241-55.

BOOK CHAPTERS

2009. Whale Agency: Affordances and Acts of Resistance in Captive Environments. In S. McFarland & R. Hediger (eds) Animals and Agency: An Interdisciplinary Exploration (pp. 23-43). Leiden: Brill.

Forthcoming 2009. Dis/Integrating Animals: Ethical Dimensions of the Genetic Engineering of Animals for Human Consumption. In C. Gigliotti (ed), Leonardo’s Choice: Genetic Technologies and Animals. Bioethics/Applied Philosophy Series. Springer Netherlands.

Forthcoming 2009. (with L. Fawcett) Whale and Human Agency in Worldmaking: Decolonizing Whale-Human Encounters. In R. Acampora (ed), Zootopian Visions of Animal Encounter: Farwell to Noah. Lexington Books.

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
2007. Philosophy and Animals. In M. Bekoff (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

2007. Animal Metaphors. In M. Bekoff (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press

2007. (with L. Corman & G. Watson). Review of Envisioning Animals: Symposium for H-Animal. Published online March 19, 2007 at http://www.h-net.org/~animal/markings.html.

2002. Review of Smith, G. & Williams, D. (Eds.) (1999). Ecological education in action: On weaving education, culture, and the environment. (New York: State University of New York Press) in Canadian Journal of Environmental Education 7(1) 229-31.

2002. Review of Bass, S. P., & Muller M. R. (Eds.) (2000). Protecting biodiversity. (Ottawa: International Development Research Centre) in United Nations Natural Resources Forum 26(1), 84-85.

2001. (With Pablo Bose) Review of Yenken, D., Fien, J., & Sykes, H. (Eds.) (2000). Environmental education and society in the Asia Pacific: Local traditions and global discourses. (London and New York: Routledge) in Canadian Journal of Environmental Education 6(1), 256-259.