Books

Critical Animal Studies: Towards Trans-Species Social Justice	Dog’s Best Friend?: Rethinking Canid-Human Relations	Defining Critical Animal Studies: An Intersectional Social Justice Approach for Liberation edited by Anthony J. Nocella, John Sorenson, Kim Socha and Atsuko Matsuoka	Critical Animal Studies: Thinking the Unthinkable edited by John Sorenson	About Canada: Animal Rights  by John Sorenson

Journal Articles

Matsuoka, A., & Sorenson, J. (2023). Inclusive approaches by VAW shelters: Respecting women’s choice to be together with companion animals. Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work. 38(3), 466-482.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099221097758

Sorenson, J., & Matsuoka, A. (2022). Moral panic over fake service animals. Social Sciences, 11(10), 439 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11100439

Matsuoka, A., Sorenson, J., Graham, T., & Ferreira, J. (2020). No pets allowed: A trans-species social justice perspective to address housing issues for older adults and companion animals. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work. 32(4) 55-64. https://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/article/view/793/719

Nocella, A., Sorenson, J., Socha, K., & Matsuoka, A. (2014). INTRODUCTION: The Emergence of Critical Animal Studies: The Rise of Intersectional Animal Liberation. Counterpoints, 448, Xix-Xxxvi. www.jstor.org/stable/42982374.

Matsuoka, A.  & Sorenson, J. (2013). Human consequences of animal exploitation: Needs for redefining social welfare, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XL(4), 7-32. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol40/iss4/3/

Book Chapters

Matsuoka, A. (2024). Critical Animal Studies and One Health in Social Work, In L. Kogan (Ed.). Careers in One Health (pp. 219-221). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003335528

Ferreira, J. T., Matsuoka, A. & Sorenson, J. (2024). Finding a Place for Animals in Green Social Work Education and Practice, In S. Hillock (Ed.) Greening Social Work Education. University of Toronto Press. https://utorontopress.com/9781487555238/greening-social-work-education/

Matsuoka, A. & Sorenson, J. (2021). Like an Animal: Critical Animal Studies Approaches to Borders, Displacement, and Othering . In N. Khazaal & N. Almiron (Eds.), ‘Like an animal’: Refugees, animals, and multiculturalism. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004440654

Sorenson, J. & Matsuoka, A. (2021). Political Economy of Denialism: Addressing the Case of Animal Agriculture. In T. Grušovnik, R. Spannring,  &  K. L. Syse (Eds.), Environmental and animal abuse denial: Averting our gaze (pp. 145-167). Lexington Books. https://ca1lib.org/book/11014999/552619

Sorenson, J. & Matsuoka, A. (2019). Introduction: Rethinking Canid-Human Relations. In J. Sorenson & A. Matsuoka (Eds.), Dog’s best friend?: Rethinking canid-human relations (pp. 3-30). McGill-Queen’s University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvscxt9m.4

Sorenson, J. & Matsuoka, A. (2019). Conclusion: Canid-Human Relations, Speciesism, and Overlooked Interlocking Systems of Oppression. In J. Sorenson & A. Matsuoka (Eds.), Dog’s best friend?: Rethinking canid-human relations (pp. 355-372). McGill-Queen’s University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvscxt9m.4

Koleszar-Green, R. & Matsuoka, A. (2018). Indigenous Worldviews and Critical Animal Studies: Decolonization and Revealing Truncated Narratives of Dominance.  In A. Matsuoka & J. Sorenson,  (Eds), Critical animal studies: Toward trans-species social justice.(333-349). Rowman & Littlefield International. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786606471/Critical-Animal-Studies-Towards-Trans-species-Social-Justice

Sorenson, J.  & Matsuoka, A. (2018). Introduction. In A. Matsuoka & J. Sorenson (Eds), Critical animal studies: Toward trans-species social Justice. (1-17). Rowman & Littlefield International. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786606471/Critical-Animal-Studies-Towards-Trans-species-Social-Justice

Matsuoka, A.  & Sorenson, J. (2016).  Violence towards nonhuman animals. In P. O’Reilly & T. Fleming (Eds.),  Violence in Canada. (pp.153-171). de Sitter. https://www.desitterpublications.com/ViolenceinCanada.html

Matsuoka, A.  & Sorenson, J. (2014). Social Justice beyond Human Beings: Trans-Species Social Justice. In T. Ryan (Ed.), Animals in social work: Why and how they matter. (pp. 64-79).  Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137372284

Nocella, A. J. II, Sorenson, J., Socha, K.,  & Matsuoka, A. (2014).  Introduction Critical Animal Studies: A coming of age. In A. J. Nocella II, J. Sorenson, K.  Socha & A. Matsuoka (Eds.),  Defining critical animal studies: An intersectional social justice approach. (pp. xviiii-xxxvi). Peter Lang Publishing. www.criticalanimalstudies.org