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Elizabeth Tavella (they/she) is a scholar of critical animal studies and environmental humanities whose work builds on critical theory, decolonial methods, and queer ecology to investigate interlinked systems of oppression and liberation histories from an artistic and cultural perspective. Current research includes fieldwork exploring sites of trans-species liberation as well as an inquiry into speculative arts and practices as tools for collective justice. Other research interests include: food systems, milk studies, radical care, and narrative theory.
Elizabeth has held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago, with affiliations in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and has been appointed affiliated scholar at the Research Institute for Sustainability in Potsdam. Elizabeth has taught environmental humanities, CAS, and sociology courses both at the University of Chicago and at the School of the Art Institute and currently serves as the creative writing and arts editor of Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment.

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