Kristin Andrews | |
|---|---|
 Kristin in 2017 | |
| Born | Nashville, United States |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A., 1992,Antioch College M.A., 1995,Western Michigan University PhD, Philosophy, 2000,University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | Predicting mind: belief attribution in philosophy and psychology (2000) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Appalachian State University York University |
| Website | kristinandrews |
Kristin Alexandra Andrews is Professor in the Department of Philosophy atYork University, where she holds the York Research Chair in Animal Minds.
Andrews attendedAntioch College and conducted co-op research at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Hawaii. After earning herBachelor of Arts, she moved toWestern Michigan University for herMaster's degree where her first article was published in Etica et Animali.[1]
After earning her PhD from theUniversity of Minnesota under the supervision of Ronald Giere, she became an assistant professor of philosophy atAppalachian State University from July 2000 until June 2002.[2] Andrews joined the faculty atYork University following encouragement from York Psychology ProfessorAnne E. Russon.[1] She received the Western Michigan University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011.[3] The next year, she published "Do Apes Read Minds? Toward a New Folk Psychology" through theMIT Press.[4]
In 2015, Andrews was elected a Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists from theRoyal Society of Canada.[5] The next year, she was appointed a Tier II York Research Chair in Animal Minds,[6] and received aSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant for her project, "Animals and Moral Practice".[7] Andrews was also awarded the Philosophy of Science Women's Caucus Award[8] and recognized by York University as a research leader.[9]
In 2018, Andrews was a member of York's Artificial Intelligence and Society Task Force.[10] She also published her second book, titledChimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers' Brief (ISBN 1138618667). The following year, she earned $250,000 over two years for her project, "Zero-Gravity 3D Bioprinting of Super-Soft Materials", withAlex Czekanski,Tara Haas, andRoxanne Mykitiuk.[11] In 2024, Andrews, along withJeff Sebo andJonathan Birch, launched theNew York Declaration on Animal Consciousness.[12]
