Seven Mattes

Assistant Professor

302 Berkey Hall, 509 E. Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824

bryant22@msu.edu

Biography

Seven Mattes, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Integrative Studies at Michigan State University. Seven earned a BA in Environmental Studies and Anthropology from Western Michigan University and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Michigan State University. Working at the intersection of Animal Studies and Critical Disaster Studies, Seven’s interdisciplinary research aims to improve preparedness and outcomes for humans and other animals in disaster contexts. Regionally focused in

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University

BA, Western Michigan University

Awards

Clifton Bryant Animals and Society Course Award for ISS 210: “Animals, Culture, and Power”, American Sociological Association, 2023

Adams Academy Fellowship in Teaching & Learning, Michigan State University, 2022-2023

ISS Teaching Excellence Award, Michigan State University, 2019

Publications

Mattes, Seven. Forthcoming. “Trash Animals: Folk Punk Solidarity.” Angela Bartram and Laura D. Gelfand (Eds.), Punk and the Animal: Ethos, Ethics and Aesthetics. Intellect.

Mattes, Seven and Cameron T. Whitley. Forthcoming. “(Dis)counting Animals: Media Coverage of Disasters.” In Kyle Breen, Haorui Wu, and Sarah DeYoung (Eds.), Human–Animal Interactions in Disasters. Palgrave Macmillan.

Mattes, Seven. 2025. “UFOs and Animal Exploitation: The Rhetoric of Ridicule.” In Nathan Poirer, Sarah Tomasello and Amber E. George (Eds.), Exploring Topics in Non/human Coexistence: Passion, Praxis and Presence. Lantern Publishing and Media.

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