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Suzanne Barber

Suzanne Barber

Lamont 306
barbers@union.edu
Anthropology, Anthropology

Publications

“Rabies in China: The Role of Rabies Ecologies and Pet Activism,” with Michael Hathaway. In, One Health for Dog-Mediated Rabies Elimination in Asia: A Collection of Local Experiences, edited by Vanessa Slack etc. al., CABI, UK, 2023 pp. 199-206.

“China’s Pet Activists: Using Moral Arguments and Epidemic Concerns to Make Space for Animal Rights,” with Michael Hathaway. International Review of Environmental History, vol. 8, no. 1, 2022, pp. 63-80.

“Nonhuman Animal Welfare in China: Evolving Rhetorical Strategies for Changing Law and Policy.” The Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, vol. 18, 2015, pp. 309-321.

“Enacting the Never-Was: Upcycling the Past, Present, and Future in Steampunk.” with Matthew Hale. Steaming into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology, edited by Ken Dvorak et al., Rowman and Littlefield , Plymouth, UK, 2014, pp. 165–184.

“Negotiating a Shire: The Transformation of Local Values in the Society for Creative Anachronism.” Folklore Forum, 2012.

Areas of interest

Suzanne Barber works on social activism, health, and human-animal studies in China, where she has been conducting research since 2012. Her primary research has focused on how and why the animal rights and environmental movement in China has continued to grow despite political pressure against other forms of activism. She has published several articles that focus upon the influence that growing concerns of zoonotic diseases such as covid-19 and rabies has had on both the movement and Chinese human-animal relations more broadly. She is currently working on a book based upon this her research titled, Pet, Pest, and Food: The Animal Protection Movement and the Nonhuman as a Political Figure in China.

Academic credentials

B.A. California State University, East Bay; M.A. Western Kentucky University; PhD. Indiana University, Bloomington