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Jodey Castricano

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**Jodey Castricano’s Background and Career:**
– Originated from Vancouver, British Columbia
– Worked in civil engineering as a draftsperson
– Education:
– Attended Simon Fraser University from 1984
– Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1988
– Completed a Master of Arts degree in English in 1992
– Career:
– Joined Wilfrid Laurier University after doctoral studies
– Developed the university’s Cultural Studies program
– Published ‘Cryptomimesis: The Gothic and Jacques Derrida’s Ghost Writing’ in 2003
– Returned to the University of British Columbia in 2005
– Promoted to full professor in 2019
– Selected Publications as Author:
– ‘Cryptomimesis: The Gothic and Jacques Derrida’s Ghost Writing’ in 2000 and 2003
– ‘Gothic Metaphysics: From Alchemy to the Anthropocene’ in 2021
– Selected Publications as Editor:
– ‘Animal Subjects: An Ethical Reader in a Posthuman World’ in 2008
– ‘Animal Subjects 2.0’ and ‘Critical Perspectives on Veganism’ in 2016

**Animal Rights Activists:**
Francis William Newman
Henry Stephens Salt
– Valluvar
Ellen G. White
– Howard Williams
Jodey Castricano (listed in the context of animal rights activism)

**Philosophers:**
James Rachels
Rollo Russell
Russell Thacher Trall
Severin Wielobycki
Jodey Castricano (included as a philosopher)

**Authors and Writers:**
R. E. O’Callaghan
Josiah Oldfield
– James Simpson
Alan Stoddard
Jon Wynne-Tyson
Jodey Castricano (mentioned as an author)

**Cookbook Authors and Environmentalists:**
– Cookbook Authors:
– Chefs and cookbook authors
Nava Atlas
Mayim Bialik
Gypsy Boots
BOSH!
– Environmentalists:
Cyril V. Pink
Rod Preece
Ulma Doyle Register
Frank Wokes
Sidney Trist

Jodey Castricano (Wikipedia)

Jodey Castricano is a Canadian scholar of English and cultural studies who is a Professor at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. They are known for their work in critical theory, critical animal studies, and gothic studies.

Jodey Castricano
Born
Carla Jodey Castricano

Vancouver, British Columbia
Academic background
EducationSimon Fraser University
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
ThesisIn Derrida's Dream: A Poetics of a Well-Made Crypt (1997)
Doctoral advisorLorraine Weir
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish; cultural studies
Sub-disciplineCritical theory; critical animal studies; gothic studies
InstitutionsWilfrid Laurier University; University of British Columbia
Notable worksCryptomimesis; Animal Subjects; Animal Subjects 2.0, Critical Perspecties on Veganism, Gothic Metaphysics
Notable ideasCryptomimesis
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