Dr. Solaire Denaud (she/they) is a 2026-2027 Post Doctoral Researcher at Princeton University in African American Studies. She obtained her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara with emphases in Feminist Studies and Applied Linguistics. In 2025-2026, she was a pre-doctoral Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellow. Solaire’s research explores the role of animal and environmental ethics in key anti-racist political and artistic movements, including Rastafari, the Nation of Islam, the Civil Rights Movement, Southern midwifery, Afro-futurism, and Womanism. Currently, she is developing her first book project: The End of Eating Everything: Vegetarianism and Animal Ethics in the African Diaspora. In her book, she argues that the environment and the animal realm were never absent from their visions for the future of the African diaspora, but an integral part of Black liberation, futurities, and spiritualities. She also asks what Black feminist lessons and understandings of care can be learned from analyzing discourses on dietary restrictions, cooking, and gardening within movements often mistakenly regarded as solely masculine. Solaire’s research is featured in the award-winning documentary Third Degree Burnout: A Survivor’s Guide (2025) by Nivi Jaswal, which questions and cross-analyzes individual burnout, fast-paced capitalism, and environmental degradation. In this documentary, Solaire explores the ecological consequences of chattel slavery and the spreading of plantation-like agriculture to the world.