Prof. Fiona Probyn-Rapsey

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Anthropocentrism
2019	Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness
2019	The "Crazy Cat Lady"
2015	Dingoes and dog-whistling: a cultural politics of race and species in Australia Published in Animal Studies Journal
2016	A sustainable campus: The Sydney declaration on interspecies sustainability Published in Animal Studies Journal
2007	Complicity, critique and methodology Published in ARIEL
2013	Stunning Australia Published in Humanimalia: a journal of human/animal interface studies
2019	‘Pussy Panic’ and Glass Elevators: How Gender is Shaping the Field of Animal Studies Published in Australian Feminist Studies
2018	Should We Eat Our Research Subjects? Advocacy and Animal Studies Published in Animal Studies Journal

Research Overview

Probyn-Rapsey is a leading scholar in the field of Animal Studies, which she approaches from a feminist postcolonial perspective. Her first book Made to Matter: White Fathers, Stolen Generations (DP 0557139) investigated the role of white fathers in stolen generations history, research that led to research on how race and species concepts are entangled. Since the monograph and 10 journal articles were published as part of that project, Probyn-Rapsey has shifted her research focus to Animal studies, co-editing 3 books in Animal studies; Animal Death (SUP 2013), Animals in the Anthropocene (SUP 2015) and more recently, Animaladies (Bloomsbury 2018). CI Probyn-Rapsey has contributed to major international publications establishing the field (including Lori Gruen’s Critical Terms for Animal Studies, Uni of Chicago Press 2019) and the forthcoming Colonialism and Animals (Routledge 2020). CI Probyn-Rapsey has led large research networks, (Human Animal Research Network, 2011-2016 at the University of Sydney,) and interdisciplinary projects involving multiple authors (see Probyn et al 2016) and has a track record of collaborating with scholars on long term projects (see collaborations between O’Sullivan, Watt and Probyn-Rapsey in 2017, 2019, 2019) and also with veterinary scientists. As Head of School of Humanities and Social Inquiry at UOW from 2016 to 2019, Probyn-Rapsey gained further leadership experience in governance, while continuing to be an active researcher, including several international keynote addresses, research publications and conference organisation.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	It’s all about the sex, or is it? Humans, horses and temperament Published In PLoS One Volume 14 Pages e0216699-1 - e0216699-18 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2019	‘Pussy Panic’ and Glass Elevators: How Gender is Shaping the Field of Animal Studies Published In Australian Feminist Studies Volume 34 Pages 198 - 215 ISSN 0816-4649 Altmetric
2018	Should We Eat Our Research Subjects? Advocacy and Animal Studies Published In Animal Studies Journal Volume 7 Pages 180 - 205 ISSN 2200-9140
2018	The Anthropomorphic Application of Gender Stereotypes to Horses Published In Anthrozoos: a multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals Volume 31 Pages 673 - 684 ISSN 0892-7936 Altmetric
2017	Eating dingoes Published In Australian Zoologist Volume 39 Pages 39 - 42 ISSN 0067-2238 Altmetric
2017	Whose best friend? How gender and stereotypes can shape our relationship with dogs Published In The Conversation Volume 3 October Pages 1 - 5
2016	A sustainable campus: The Sydney declaration on interspecies sustainability Published In Animal Studies Journal Volume 5 Pages 110 - 151 ISSN 2200-9140
2016	Five propositions on ferals Published In Feral Feminisms Pages 18 - 21
2015	Dingoes and dog-whistling: a cultural politics of race and species in Australia Published In Animal Studies Journal Volume 4 Pages 55 - 77 ISSN 2200-9140
2014	Review article: Multipecies mourning: Thom van Dooren's flight ways: Life and loss at the edge of extinction Published In Animal Studies Journal Volume 3 Pages 1 - 12 ISSN 2200-9140
2013	Stunning Australia Published In Humanimalia: a journal of human/animal interface studies Volume 4 Pages 84 - 100 ISSN 2151-8645
2011	Furries and the limits of species identity disorder: a response to Gerbasi et al Published In Society and Animals Pages 294 - 301 ISSN 1568-5306
2011	Whie closets, jangling nerves and biopolitics of the public secrety Published In Australian Literary Studies Volume 26 Pages 57 - 75 ISSN 0004-9697 Altmetric
2009	‘Uplifting’ white men: marriage, maintenance and whiteness in Queensland, 1900–1910 Published In Postcolonial Studies: culture, politics, economy Volume 12 Pages 89 - 106 ISSN 1368-8790 Altmetric
2008	Country matters: sexing the reconciled Republic of Australia Published In Feminist Review Volume 89 Pages 73 - 86 ISSN 0141-7789
2007	Black sheep nation Published In Australian Cultural History Volume 26 Pages 173 - 193 ISSN 0728-8433
2007	Complicity, critique and methodology Published In ARIEL Volume 38 Page p. 65 ISSN 0004-1327
2007	Kin-fused reconciliation: bringing them home, bringing us home Published In Australian Humanities Review Volume 42 Pages 1 - 18 ISSN 1325-8338
2007	Paternalism and complicity: or how not to atone for the 'Sins of the Father' Published In Australian Literary Studies Volume 23 Pages 92 - 103 ISSN 0004-9697
2007	Some whites are whiter than others: the Whitefella skin politics of Xavier Herbert and Cecil Cook Published In Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature Volume Special Issue Pages 157 - 173 ISSN 1447-8986

Book

Year	Title
2013	Made to Matter: White Father, Stolen Generations Publisher Australia: Sydney University Press ISBN 9781920899974

Chapter

Year	Title
2019	Distillations Published In Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness Publisher New York: Bloomsbury Academic Pages 1 - 8 ISBN 9781501342165
2019	The "Crazy Cat Lady" Published In Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness Publisher New York: Bloomsbury Academic Pages 175 - 185 ISBN 9781501342165
2018	Anthropocentrism Published In Critical Terms for Animal Studies Publisher Chicago, United States: University of Chicago Press Pages 47 - 63 ISBN 9780226355429
2015	Introduction Published In Animals in the Anthropocene: Critical perspectives on non-human futures Publisher Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press Pages vii - xxiv ISBN 9781743324394
2013	Introduction Published In Animal Death Publisher Australia: Sydney University Press Pages xiii - xx ISBN 9781743320235
2013	Nothing to See - Something to See: White Animals and Exceptional life/death Published In Animal Death Publisher Australia: Sydney University Press Pages 239 - 252 ISBN 9781743320235
2010	Complicity, critique and methodology: Australian con/texts Published In Modern Australian Criticism and Theory Publisher China: China Ocean University Press Pages 218 - 228 ISBN 9787811254105
2009	Putting complicity to work for accountability: an Australian case study Published In Commitment and Complicity in Cultural Theory and Practice Publisher United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan Pages 154 - 166 ISBN 9780230221956
2008	Reconnaissance: the role of the feminine and feminist theory in the Novels of J M Coetzee Published In J M Coetzee: Critical Perspectives Publisher New Dehli: Pencraft International Pages 247 - 274 ISBN 9788185753911

Editor Of

Book
- Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness. Bloomsbury Academic. 2019
- Life in the Anthropocene. Australia. 2015
- Animal Death. Australia. 2013

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Framing contradictions and forms of life: veganism and occupation in Israeli society	Alloun, Esther
Doctor of Philosophy	The cultural politics of kangaroo management in the Australian Capital Territory, 1993-2019	Varvaro, Kathleen
Master of Research -LHA	Shark-Human Encounters Along the Coastline of New South Wales	Culic, Kat
Doctor of Philosophy	Anthro-zooecological Geographies of Île de la Réunion: Understanding Local Perceptions of Nonhuman Animals and Their Roles in Natural and Cultural Heritage Management through Landscape Analysis and Ethnography	McClung, Rebecca
Master of Research -LHA	Masculinity, Colonialism and Australian Foxes	Jackson-Martin, Charlie

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Anthropocentrism
2019	Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness
2019	The "Crazy Cat Lady"
2015	Dingoes and dog-whistling: a cultural politics of race and species in Australia Published in Animal Studies Journal
2016	A sustainable campus: The Sydney declaration on interspecies sustainability Published in Animal Studies Journal
2007	Complicity, critique and methodology Published in ARIEL
2013	Stunning Australia Published in Humanimalia: a journal of human/animal interface studies
2019	‘Pussy Panic’ and Glass Elevators: How Gender is Shaping the Field of Animal Studies Published in Australian Feminist Studies
2018	Should We Eat Our Research Subjects? Advocacy and Animal Studies Published in Animal Studies Journal

Research Overview

Probyn-Rapsey is a leading scholar in the field of Animal Studies, which she approaches from a feminist postcolonial perspective. Her first book Made to Matter: White Fathers, Stolen Generations (DP 0557139) investigated the role of white fathers in stolen generations history, research that led to research on how race and species concepts are entangled. Since the monograph and 10 journal articles were published as part of that project, Probyn-Rapsey has shifted her research focus to Animal studies, co-editing 3 books in Animal studies; Animal Death (SUP 2013), Animals in the Anthropocene (SUP 2015) and more recently, Animaladies (Bloomsbury 2018). CI Probyn-Rapsey has contributed to major international publications establishing the field (including Lori Gruen’s Critical Terms for Animal Studies, Uni of Chicago Press 2019) and the forthcoming Colonialism and Animals (Routledge 2020). CI Probyn-Rapsey has led large research networks, (Human Animal Research Network, 2011-2016 at the University of Sydney,) and interdisciplinary projects involving multiple authors (see Probyn et al 2016) and has a track record of collaborating with scholars on long term projects (see collaborations between O’Sullivan, Watt and Probyn-Rapsey in 2017, 2019, 2019) and also with veterinary scientists. As Head of School of Humanities and Social Inquiry at UOW from 2016 to 2019, Probyn-Rapsey gained further leadership experience in governance, while continuing to be an active researcher, including several international keynote addresses, research publications and conference organisation.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	It’s all about the sex, or is it? Humans, horses and temperament Published In PLoS One Volume 14 Pages e0216699-1 - e0216699-18 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2019	‘Pussy Panic’ and Glass Elevators: How Gender is Shaping the Field of Animal Studies Published In Australian Feminist Studies Volume 34 Pages 198 - 215 ISSN 0816-4649 Altmetric
2018	Should We Eat Our Research Subjects? Advocacy and Animal Studies Published In Animal Studies Journal Volume 7 Pages 180 - 205 ISSN 2200-9140
2018	The Anthropomorphic Application of Gender Stereotypes to Horses Published In Anthrozoos: a multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals Volume 31 Pages 673 - 684 ISSN 0892-7936 Altmetric
2017	Eating dingoes Published In Australian Zoologist Volume 39 Pages 39 - 42 ISSN 0067-2238 Altmetric
2017	Whose best friend? How gender and stereotypes can shape our relationship with dogs Published In The Conversation Volume 3 October Pages 1 - 5
2016	A sustainable campus: The Sydney declaration on interspecies sustainability Published In Animal Studies Journal Volume 5 Pages 110 - 151 ISSN 2200-9140
2016	Five propositions on ferals Published In Feral Feminisms Pages 18 - 21
2015	Dingoes and dog-whistling: a cultural politics of race and species in Australia Published In Animal Studies Journal Volume 4 Pages 55 - 77 ISSN 2200-9140
2014	Review article: Multipecies mourning: Thom van Dooren's flight ways: Life and loss at the edge of extinction Published In Animal Studies Journal Volume 3 Pages 1 - 12 ISSN 2200-9140
2013	Stunning Australia Published In Humanimalia: a journal of human/animal interface studies Volume 4 Pages 84 - 100 ISSN 2151-8645
2011	Furries and the limits of species identity disorder: a response to Gerbasi et al Published In Society and Animals Pages 294 - 301 ISSN 1568-5306
2011	Whie closets, jangling nerves and biopolitics of the public secrety Published In Australian Literary Studies Volume 26 Pages 57 - 75 ISSN 0004-9697 Altmetric
2009	‘Uplifting’ white men: marriage, maintenance and whiteness in Queensland, 1900–1910 Published In Postcolonial Studies: culture, politics, economy Volume 12 Pages 89 - 106 ISSN 1368-8790 Altmetric
2008	Country matters: sexing the reconciled Republic of Australia Published In Feminist Review Volume 89 Pages 73 - 86 ISSN 0141-7789
2007	Black sheep nation Published In Australian Cultural History Volume 26 Pages 173 - 193 ISSN 0728-8433
2007	Complicity, critique and methodology Published In ARIEL Volume 38 Page p. 65 ISSN 0004-1327
2007	Kin-fused reconciliation: bringing them home, bringing us home Published In Australian Humanities Review Volume 42 Pages 1 - 18 ISSN 1325-8338
2007	Paternalism and complicity: or how not to atone for the 'Sins of the Father' Published In Australian Literary Studies Volume 23 Pages 92 - 103 ISSN 0004-9697
2007	Some whites are whiter than others: the Whitefella skin politics of Xavier Herbert and Cecil Cook Published In Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature Volume Special Issue Pages 157 - 173 ISSN 1447-8986

Book

Year	Title
2013	Made to Matter: White Father, Stolen Generations Publisher Australia: Sydney University Press ISBN 9781920899974

Chapter

Year	Title
2019	Distillations Published In Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness Publisher New York: Bloomsbury Academic Pages 1 - 8 ISBN 9781501342165
2019	The "Crazy Cat Lady" Published In Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness Publisher New York: Bloomsbury Academic Pages 175 - 185 ISBN 9781501342165
2018	Anthropocentrism Published In Critical Terms for Animal Studies Publisher Chicago, United States: University of Chicago Press Pages 47 - 63 ISBN 9780226355429
2015	Introduction Published In Animals in the Anthropocene: Critical perspectives on non-human futures Publisher Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press Pages vii - xxiv ISBN 9781743324394
2013	Introduction Published In Animal Death Publisher Australia: Sydney University Press Pages xiii - xx ISBN 9781743320235
2013	Nothing to See - Something to See: White Animals and Exceptional life/death Published In Animal Death Publisher Australia: Sydney University Press Pages 239 - 252 ISBN 9781743320235
2010	Complicity, critique and methodology: Australian con/texts Published In Modern Australian Criticism and Theory Publisher China: China Ocean University Press Pages 218 - 228 ISBN 9787811254105
2009	Putting complicity to work for accountability: an Australian case study Published In Commitment and Complicity in Cultural Theory and Practice Publisher United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan Pages 154 - 166 ISBN 9780230221956
2008	Reconnaissance: the role of the feminine and feminist theory in the Novels of J M Coetzee Published In J M Coetzee: Critical Perspectives Publisher New Dehli: Pencraft International Pages 247 - 274 ISBN 9788185753911

Editor Of

Book
- Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness. Bloomsbury Academic. 2019
- Life in the Anthropocene. Australia. 2015
- Animal Death. Australia. 2013

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Framing contradictions and forms of life: veganism and occupation in Israeli society	Alloun, Esther
Doctor of Philosophy	The cultural politics of kangaroo management in the Australian Capital Territory, 1993-2019	Varvaro, Kathleen
Master of Research -LHA	Shark-Human Encounters Along the Coastline of New South Wales	Culic, Kat
Doctor of Philosophy	Anthro-zooecological Geographies of Île de la Réunion: Understanding Local Perceptions of Nonhuman Animals and Their Roles in Natural and Cultural Heritage Management through Landscape Analysis and Ethnography	McClung, Rebecca
Master of Research -LHA	Masculinity, Colonialism and Australian Foxes	Jackson-Martin, Charlie

Prof. Fiona Probyn-Rapsey

Faculty Member

Overview

Top Publications

Research Overview

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Book

Chapter

Editor Of

Book

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Overview

Top Publications

Research Overview

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Book

Chapter

Editor Of

Book

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Visualisations