M. Kathy Rudy is an American women's studies scholar, and theologian. A retired professor at Duke University, Rudy's work is often interdisciplinary as she merges philosophy, theology, politics, feminism, and medical ethics. She is open about her homosexuality and is a radical social constructionist.
Rudy penned a controversial opinion piece that alleged that white culture hypocrisy was responsible for the prosecution of the admitted animal abuser Michael Vick.
Rudy is well-known at Duke University, where she taught a variety of topics including: Feminist Ethics, Reproductive Ethics, Gender and Popular Culture, and Debates in Women's Studies. Through her progressive work, Kathy was awarded the David Paletz Course Enhancement Award in 2012.
Works
Loving Animals: A New Approach to Animal Advocacy (2011). University of Minnesota Press. Sex and the Church: Gender, Homosexuality and the Transformation of Christian Ethics (1997). Beacon Press. Beyond Pro-life and Pro-choice: Moral Diversity in the Abortion Debate (1996). Beacon Press.
References
External links
"Q&A: Whole New World" Duke Magazine, September–October 2005 (Volume 91, No.5)
Living people
American feminists
American women's rights activists
Duke University faculty
Lesbian feminists
American lesbian writers
American LGBT rights activists
Feminist theologians
American sociologists
American women sociologists
Queer theologians
Women's studies academics
Year of birth missing (living people) Women religious writers Social constructionism
