I am a PhD student at Texas A&M in a dual-degree program in Philosophy and Conservation Biology where I am advised by Clare Palmer and Amanda Stronza. Previously, I was a Master’s student at Colorado State.
My research is mainly in environmental ethics, animal ethics, and social philosophy. My work seeks to inform conservation practices that promote a plurality of human and non-human values, are ethically justified, and socially responsible.
Recently, I’ve been working to understand how assumptions and frameworks from oppressive social systems like racism and settler-colonialism have been uncritically imported into conservation practices, influencing conservationist attitudes towards non-human animals. As an example of this, I wrote a paper (that recently won an award from the International Society for Environmental Ethics!) about how bison conservation practice continues to be influenced by a purity ideology with roots in eugenics and white supremacy.
My interests in the field of ecology and conservation biology are largely focused on human interactions with large carnivores (especially where those interactions manifest as conflict). I am currently working on a project regarding human-coyote coexistence on Galveston Island.
My research is interdisciplinary and collaborative. I am always eager to receive input from others within or outside of the disciplines in which I formally work; I hope anyone with interest will reach out.
Email: coripe@tamu.edu.
You can find my CV here.
