BRIANNE DONALDSON, PH.D. 2324 Sheridan St., Apt.

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CURRICULUM VITAE Houston, TX 77030

909.244.6490
donaldson.brianne@gmail.com

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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Applied Ethics, esp. Bioethics
Comparative Philosophies, focus on Indian traditions (esp. Jain and Sikh)
Religion and Environment, esp. Human-Animal studies

AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Religion and Science
Feminist Philosophy
Queer Theory

EDUCATION
2011-present Australia National UniversitySanskrit

2013 Ph.D. Claremont School of Theology
Religion: Process Philosophy

2013 M.A. Claremont School of Theology: Religion

2007 M.A. Anabaptist Mennonite Seminary: Theology and Ethics

2005 B.A. Goshen College: Bible, Religion and Philosophy

EMPLOYMENT
July 2016- Rice University
present Bhagwaan Mahavir/Chao Family Fellow in Jain Studies

Aug 2014- Monmouth College

July 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies

June 2012- Claremont School of Theology/Claremont Lincoln University

Dec 2013 Assistant Professor, Jain and Sikh Studies
Director, Center for Jain Studies and Center for Sikh Studies
Jan 2013- University of LaVerne
May 2014 Adjunct Faculty, Philosophy

June 2009- Claremont School of Theology/Claremont Lincoln University

June 2012 Coordinator for Dharma Traditions
Special Assistant to the Provost

June 2008- Vegan Outreach

March 2010 Outreach Coordinator in Southern California

March 2000- Self-Employed, Muscle Therapy and Integrated Bodywork

June 2008 Independent Contractor, Bronson Hospital - Kalamazoo MI

PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Creaturely Cosmologies: Why Metaphysics Matters for Animal and Planetary Liberation
(Lexington Books, 2015).

EDITED VOLUMES
Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature: A Common World for Animals and the Environment, ed.
Brianne Donaldson (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2014).

The Future of Meat Without Animals, ed. Brianne Donaldson and Christopher Carter (Row-
man and Littlefield International, 2016).

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Insistent Life: Foundations for Bioethics in Jainism, co-authored with Ana Bajelj (under
contract: Lexington books, forthcoming 2018)
Everything But the Squeal: Porks Global Transformation of Americas Heartland

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLESPEER REVIEWED

Becoming Before the Damned: Radical Religious Vision/s for the Animals, Earth, and
People to Come, Cafe Dissensus 2017: forthcoming.

From Ancient Vegetarianism to Contemporary Advocacy: When Religious Folks Decide

that Animals Are No Longer Edible,Journal of Religious Studies and Theology 35.2 (2016):
143-160.

Oxytocin Responses After Dog and Cat Interactions Depend on Pet Ownership and Af-
fects Interpersonal Trust, Brianne Donaldson, Ben Curry, Moana Vercoe, Matthew Fillipo,
and Paul J. Zak. Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin 3.2 (2015): 56-71.

Bad with Names: Replacing Animal with Whiteheads Insistent Particularity of Bodies,
Process Studies Journal 42.2 (2014): 181-199.

Faith of an Abhavya: Kundakundas Unlikely Dialectic for Contemporary Jain Science,

Sramaa: A Quarterly Research Journal of Jainology 62.1 (2011): 86-102.

Discourse First, Cages Second: A New Locus for Animal Liberation, Between the Spe-
cies: An Online Journal for the Study of Philosophy and Animals 10 (2010).

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BOOK CHAPTERS
Jainism and Darwin: Evolution Beyond Orthodoxy, Asian Religious Response to Darwin-
ism, ed. C. McKenzie Brown (Springer, 2017; forthcoming).

Environmental Rites: Plants and Animals in Jain Rituals of Repentance, Nonviolence as a

Way of Life: History, Theory, and Practice, ed. Predrag Cicovacki (New Delhi: Motilal Banar-
sidass, 2017), forthcoming.

Exploiting Fantasy: Overconformity in Animal Agriculture, Meatless Meat, and Animal Eth-
ics, The Future of Meat Without Animals, ed. Brianne Donaldson and Christopher Carter
(Rowman and Littlefield International, 2016).

Architectures of Risk: Experiential Religious Naturalism in Tagore and Whitehead Living

Traditions and Universal Conviviality: Prospects and Challenges for Peace in Multireligious
Communities, ed. Santiago Slabodsky and Roland Faber (Lexington Books, 2016).

Immortality and Omniscience: Conceptual Bridges to Reworlding in Process and Jainism,

Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature: A Common World for Animals and the Environment, ed.
Brianne Donaldson (New York: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014).

Does Whitehead Have a Theory of Mourning?: A Response to Butlers Inquiry, Beyond

Superlatives: Regenerating Whitehead's Philosophy of Experience, ed. Hollis Phelps, J. R.
Hustwit, and Roland Faber (New York: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014).

They Will Know We Are Process Thinkers By Our: Finding Whiteheads Ecological Ethic
Through the Lens of Ecofeminism and Jainism, Polydoxy: Theologies of the Manifold, ed.
Catherine Keller and Laurel Schneider (New York: Routledge Press, 2010).

Animals and Humanity in the World: Job 38-39 Celebration of Wisdom: Life and Meaning
in Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes, ed. Steven Schweitzer (Elkhart: Institute of Mennonite
Studies, 2009).

Putting Animal Justice on the Table in Your Community: Engaging Religious Audiences
Eat Well: A Food Road Map, ed. Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma (Three Rivers MI: Culture
is Not Optional, 2008).

BOOK REVIEWS AND ONLINE ANALYSES

Film Review: Wegmans Cruelty, Catapult Magazine Online 2008: 7 (3).

Book Review: Rajiv Malhotra, Being Dierent: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism
(HarperCollins, 2011), Patheos.com.

Jainism and Sikhism: The Value of Being Footnote Traditions, March 9, 2015,
Patheos.com.

The Sacred No: The First World for a New Future for Animals, April 19, 2015,
TheDodo.com.

Jains In America: A Socially-Engaged Second Generation, July 1, 2015, Patheos.com.

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Outlawing the Jain Fast-Unto-Death is a Bioethical Issue, August 17, 2015, Patheos.com.

Chicago Jains Celebrate Ancient Ritual of Forgiveness, September 22, 2015,

Patheos.com.

Chicago Jains Celebrate Annual Fast for Self, Neighbor, and the World, October 9, 2015,
Patheos.com.

What is Justice Series 2015-16. Processandfaith.com.

What is Justice?: We Know But We Dont Know 10.12.15
The Scales of Justice: What Exactly Is Being Weighed 11.5.15
Transcendent Justice or Human Judgment? 12.29.15
Othered Bodies, Social Contract Theory and the Expansion of Justice 2.25.16
Social Justice: Making Visible the Unseen 7.8.16
Imaginative Justice: Summary Questions 12.27.16

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLESPEER REVIEWED

Animal Courses in Academia, Global Guide to Animal Protection, ed. Andrew Linzey
(Champaign IL: University of Illinois Press, 2013).
Samavasaraa, Jainism, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions (New York: Springer), forth-
coming.
amkar mantra, Jainism, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions (New York: Springer),
forthcoming.
Divya-dhvani, Jainism, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions (New York: Springer), forth-
coming.
Animals and Jainism, Lexikon of Human-Animal Relations, ed. Arianna Ferrari and
Klaus Petrus (Bielefeld Germany: Transcript, 2015).

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2015 Digital Storytelling Fellowship, Associated Colleges of the Midwest
2013 Uberoi Foundation Grant, Teaching for Peace, International School for Jain Studies
2012 American Academy of Religion Project Grant: Ahis in the Face of Disaster: The
Jain Response to the Partition of India, 1947
2011 Uberoi Foundation Grant, Center for Jain Studies at Claremont Lincoln University
2010 International School for Jain Studies in Delhi, India: Fellowship
2007 Lilly Endowment, Teaching Fellowship (Introduction to Theology), Goshen College

SELECT INVITED TALKS

2016 (im)Practical Ethics?: Remembering Plants, Animals, and Microscopic Life in Jain
Rituals of Nonharm, Transnational Asian Research Initiative, Rice University, November
4.
2016. I Ask Pardon of All Creatures: Making Violence Visible thorugh the Jain Ritual of
Pratikramaa, 24th Annual Chander Mohan Jain Lecture, Huron College at University of
Western Ontario, October 12.
2016 New Narratives for Animal Rights and Planetary Preservation: Jainism and Proc-
ess Philosophy, Animals and the Kingdom of God Speaker Series, Calvin College,
March 10.
2015 New Narratives for Animal Rights and Planetary Preservation: Jainism and Proc-
ess Philosophy, New Perspectives Lecture at Goshen College, November 15

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 2015 Finding a Fresh Start on the Kill Floor: The Role of Religious Refugees and Immi-
grants in Americas Heartland, Knox College Anthropology Lecture, September 30
2014 Keynote: Uncommon Groundlessness: Cultivating Entangled Autonomy, Com-
mon Ground: Student Leaders in Interfaith Collaborations, University of LaVerne, LaV-
erne CA, April 12.
2014 Deep Empiricism East and West: Cultivating Multi-Sensory Ecologies, Gyan Sa-
gar Science Foundation, New Delhi, Feb 7-8.
2013 The Treatment of Other Animals, Center for Process Studies Ethics Conference,
Claremont School of Theology, Sept 27.
2013 Jainism: A Tradition of Ahis, University of LaVerne, January 15.
2013 The Limits of Empathy: Honoring the Singularity of Life, Interfaith Cooperation
Through Empathy Panel, University of LaVerne, April 4.
2011 Edible Relativity: Animals, Ecology, and Jainism, Faith and the Future of the
Planet International Lecture Series, Claremont School of Theology, March 23.
2011 All Life Counts: Animals in Jain Cosmology and Practice, Animals in Science
and Religion course, University of LaVerne, March 10.
2011 Animal Ethics in Jain Philosophy, Freie University, Berlin, Oct 26-28.
2010 The Eyes Have It: Continuing to Blur the Line Between Human and Animal,
Chapman University, April 16.
2009 Helping Animals is Helping Yourself, Argument and Rhetoric, Mt. San Antonio
College, April 14.

SELECT CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

2015 Plants and Animals in Jain Rituals of Repentance, Midwest AAR, Ohio Northern
University, April 11-12.
2013 Padmvats Legacy: The Present Power of Women and Animals, Claremont In-
ternational Jain Conference: Womens Perspectives in the Dharma Traditions, Clare-
mont Lincoln University, Aug 23-24.
2012 Why Animals Need Jainism to Dier with Science: A Metaphysical Intervention in
the Discourse of Bioethics, Claremont International Jain Conference on Bioethics, Cla-
remont Lincoln University, Aug 24-25.
2012 Experiential Religious Naturalism in Whitehead and Tagore, South Asian Studies
Conference, Claremont Graduate University, April 13-15.
2012 Personal Architecture and Welcome: Inter-religious Ecologies in Whitehead and
Tagore, Conviviality in a Multi-Religious Community, Claremont Lincoln University, Feb
22-24.
2011 Does Whitehead Have a Theory of Mourning? A Response to Butlers Inquiry,
Whitehead: Next Generation Conference, Claremont Graduate University, Dec 1-3.
2011 Ethics of Irreducibility: Cultivating Habits of Thought for Critical Animal Studies,
European Conference for Critical Animal at Charles University, Prague, Oct 15-16.
2011 Animal Bodies and the Unruly Soul: Rethinking Animal Liberation with Judith But-
ler and Jain Karma, Divinimality Conference, Drew University, Sept 29-Oct 2.
2011 How Dog and Cats Explained What Neuroscience Could Not: Writing Neurosci-
ence at its Othermost, Zoosemiotics conference, University of Tartu, Estonia, April 4-8.
2011 Happy Cows, Sacred Cows: Addressing the Animal in the California Academy,
California American Studies Association, CSU Fullerton, May 6.
2009 They Will Know We Our Process Thinkers By Our: Finding Whiteheads Eco-
logical Ethic Through the Lens of Ecofeminism and Jainism, Polydoxy: Theologies of
the Multiplicity, Drew University, Oct 1-4.
2007 Yoder and Ephesians: Redeeming the Desires of the Flesh and the Search for
Completion, John Howard Yoder: A New Generation Examines His Thought at Toronto

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 School of Theology Symposium, May 25-26.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Rice University (undergraduate)
Fall 2016 Ancient Nonviolence: Introduction to Jainism
Spring 2017 Bioethics and Indian Traditions

Monmouth College (undergraduate)

Fall 2014 and 2015 Bioethics: 3 sections
Fall 2014 & 2015 Intro to Liberal Arts (Focus: Curiosity for Place, People, Planet)
Spr 2015 Islam and Judaism
Spr 2015 Traditions of India
Spr 2015 Queer Theory and Nonviolent Movements
Fall 2015/Spr 2016 Global Perspectives: What is Justice?
Spr 2016 History and Phil of Yoga
Spr 2016 Women and Religion

Claremont School of Theology (graduate)

Fall 2012 Bioethics and Indian Traditions
Spr 2013 Ecology, Indian Religions, and Our Planetary Future
Fall 2013 Introduction to Sikhism
Fall 2013 Chanting, Social Change, and the Traditions of India

University of Laverne (undergraduate)
Spr 2013 Introduction to Philosophy
Spr 2013- Section lecturer for: Animals in Religion and Science
2014 and Religions East

Goshen College (undergraduate)

Fall 2007 Introduction to Christian Theology, Teaching fellowship

CLINICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Sept 2016 Memorial Hermann Hospital Disorders of Consciousness Task Force,
to present Texas Medical Center
2010-2012 Center for Neuroeconomics Studies
Lead Researcher: Oxtytocin, Animals, and Decision Making
Lead Researcher: Science of Social Ritual (Quakers; Contra Dancing)

SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Editorial Team Journal of Interreligious Dialogue Studies
Editorial Team International Journal for Dharma Studies
Editorial Team Society and Animals
Editorial Team Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research
Board Member Interreligious Voices for Animal Compassion
Past: Director Center for Jain Studies, Claremont Sch of Theology/CLU
Past: Director Center for Sikh Studies, Claremont Sch of Theology/CLU
Past: Selection Cmte International Summer School for Jain Studies

SERVICE TO INSTITUTION
2014-2016 Student Advising and Faculty Review, Monmouth College
2011-2013 Joint Curriculum Committee, Claremont School of Theology

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2011-2013 Director, International Jain Conference: Global Bioethics
Director, International Jain Conference: Womens Perspectives
2009-2013 Conference Coordinator, Whitehead Research Project
2009-2013 Graphic Design for Campus Events
2010-2013 Curatorial Service for Sikh, Jain, and Animal Studies Exhibits

MEDIA COVERAGE
Deepinder Singh, International Jain Conference Focuses on Status of Women, India Jour-
nal Sept 4, 2013 at www.indiajournal.com/archives/41822.
The Associated Press, US-Born Jains Make Ascetic Faith Fit Modern Life, NPR, Aug 18,
2013 at www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=213181894.
Claremont Lincoln University hosts International Jain Conference, India West, Sept 5, 2013
www.indiawest.com/news/13381-claremont-lincoln-university-hosts-int-l-jain-conference.html
Claremont Lincoln University Opens Center for Jain Studies, India Journal, Nov 23, 2012 at
www.indiajournal.com/archives31473.
Steve Lopez, A look at cultural traditions on death, Los Angeles Times, Aug 19, 2012 at
www.articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/19/local/la-me-0819-lopez-dyingwell-20120819.

LANGUAGES
Sanskrit spoken, reading - intermediate level
Spanish conversational, reading - intermediate level
Hindi/Urdu conversational - basic
French reading - with dictionary

REFERENCES
Philip Clayton
Ingraham Chair in Theology, Claremont School of Theology
pclayton@cst.edu 707-291-9498
Years known: 9

Anne Mamary
Chair, Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Monmouth College
700 E. Broadway
Monmouth, IL 61462
607-624-4714
Years known: 2

Christopher Key Chapple

Navin and Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology
Loyola Marymount University
cchapple@lmu.edu 310-338-2846 or 338-2846
Years known: 5

Matthew Calarco
Associate Professor of Philosophy
California State University, Fullerton
mcalarco@exchange.fullerton.edu 657-278-5166
Years known: 5

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Zandra Wagoner
Associate Professor of Religion/University Interfaith Chaplain, University of LaVerne
zwagoner@laverne.edu 909-560-9635
Years known: 7

Paul Zak
Director, Center for Neuroeconomics Studies
Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate University
Professor of Neurology, Loma Linda University
paul@neuroeconomicstudies.org 909-242-4662
Years Known: 6

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