Denise began her working life as a synchronised swimmer. After academic study, she worked as head of the General Philosophy Department at University of Sydney, where she taught for 27 years. She wrote a book called, Women, Madness and Medicine another titled, Who Rules the Waves: piracy, overfishing and mining the oceans, founded a journal called Animal Issues and has written many papers about animal ethics. She is now a Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong and a supporter of the arts.

Denise’s audio interview can be downloaded here.

You can read some media articles about Denise’s community work.

Illawarra Folk Festival, South Coast Writers Festival, Animal Activism 

Keywords

Synchronised swimmer; Aqua Belle; philosophy; University of Sydney; University of Wollongong; animal ethics; feminism;

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Denise’s photo album