Kim Socha
ICAS North America Director
Kim Socha is an activist from the Twin Cities, Minnesota. She sits on the board of the Animal Rights Coalition in Minneapolis and has certification assisting survivors and perpetrators of domestic violence and sexual abuse in their recoveries. Holding a Ph.D. in Literature, she is an English instructor with scholarship on topics such as surrealism, Latino/a literature and pedagogy. In early 2012, her book Women, Destruction, and the Avant-Garde: A Paradigm for Animal Liberation—a study of intersectionality amongst radical feminist, animal liberation and arts movements—will be published through the Institute for Critical Animal Studies’ Rodopi book series. She is also co-editing and contributing to Animal Liberation Essays from the Grassroots (tentative title), scheduled for Spring 2012 release through McFarland Publishing, a collection of articles by activists local to the Twin Cities.
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