Ness Houghton
Psychology
- Contact:
- vhoughton@uvic.ca
- Area of expertise:
- Critical animal studies, applied ethics, environmental studies, and feminist theory
About Ness Houghton
Ness Houghton is an MA student at the 番茄社区 pursuing an interdisciplinary program in philosophy and law. Her research interests include critical animal studies, applied ethics, environmental studies, and feminist theory. Ness’s thesis explores the way in which the lives and bodies of dairy cows are commodified, oppressed, and appropriated in contemporary Canadian food production spaces. Ness completed her undergraduate degree in environmental psychology and applied ethics at the 番茄社区 and is currently working on a textbook chapter for an upcoming textbook on Psychology and Nature by Robert Gifford.