Books

  • Rutherford, S. 2022. Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin: Wolves and the Making of Canada. Montreal, QC: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

  • Rutherford, S. 2011. Governing the Wild: Ecotours of Power. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Edited Volumes

Referred Articles

  • Rutherford, S., Classens, M. & *Chan, P.L.R. (2025). "Mapping for change: Balancing big and small data in documenting environmental (in)justice in a small Canadian city." Special Issue - Spatial Approaches, Methods, and Technologies for Inclusive Cities and Societies. Canadian Geographies, 69 (4): e70039

  • Rutherford, S. V-L Fraser-Celin, H.A. Hager, A. Hofman & L. Fox. (2024). “The Social Landscape of Wolves in Canada: Preliminary Findings.” Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 30(2): 240-247.

  • Rutherford, S., Shea, V., Pearson, C. (2023) “Affect, Animals and Annihilation: Attitudes and Campaigns against Canids in Modern North America.” Emotions: History, Culture, Society.

  • Rutherford, S. 2020. Wolfish White Nationalisms: Lycanthropic Longing on the Alt-Right. Special issue on Animal Nationalisms in The Journal of Intercultural Studies, 41(1): 60-76.

    Rutherford, S. 2018. The Anthropocene’s Animal? Coywolves as Feral Co-Travellers. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Society,1 (1-2): 206-223. 

  • Rutherford, S. 2013. The Biopolitical Animal in Canadian and Environmental Studies. Journal of Canadian Studies - Special issue: “Beyond the Culture of Nature”, 47 (3): 123-144.

  • Rutherford, S. & Bose, P. 2013. Biopower and Play: Bodies, Spaces, and the Art of Control in the Virtual World. Aether: The Journal of Media Geography, 12: 1-29.

  • Rutherford, S. & Rutherford P. 2013. Biopolitics and Geography. Geography Compass, 7(6): 423-434.

  • Rutherford, P. & Rutherford S. 2013. The Confusions and Exuberances of Biopolitics. Geography Compass, 7(6): 412-422.

  • Thorpe, J. & Rutherford, S. 2010. National Natures in a Globalized World: Climate Change, Power and the Erasure of the Local. The Dalhousie Review, 90(1): 127-138.

  • Rutherford, S. 2007. Green Governmentality: Insights and Opportunities in the Study of Nature’s Rule. Progress in Human Geography, 31(3): 291-307.

Book Chapters

  • Georgian Bay Anishinaabek Youth, Mauti, H. & Rutherford, S. (forthcoming in 2026). “Uprooting Colonial Conservation: Returning to Kinship.” In Wall, B. & Buell, M.C. (eds.) Power With: Indigenous Knowledges, Environmental Practice and the strength of collaboration. Canadian Scholars Press, pp. 1-30.

  • Hill, S., Rutherford, S. & Wilkes, J. Nature for Whom? Justice in Environmental Education. In Hillock, S. (ed.) Greening Social Work Education. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, forthcoming in 2023.

  • Rutherford, S. 2019. Of Bounty and Beastly Tales: Wolves and the Canadian Imagination. in Sorenson, J. & Matsuoka, A. (eds). Dog’s Best Friend? Rethinking Human-Canid Relations. Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen University Press, pp. 337-353.

  • Rutherford, S. & Wilcox, S. 2018. A Meeting Place: Introduction to Historical Animal Geographies. In Wilcox, S. & Rutherford, S. eds. Historical Animal Geographies. London: Routledge, Animal Studies Series, pp. 22-33.

  • Rutherford, S. 2018.Finding Our Way in the Anthropocene. In Wilcox, S. & Rutherford, S. eds. Historical Animal Geographies. London: Routledge, Animal Studies Series, pp. 358-365.

  • Rutherford, S. 2016. “A Resounding Success: Howling as a Source of Environmental History.” In Methodological Challenges in Nature-Culture and Environmental History Research, edited by J. Thorpe, S. Rutherford and L. A. Sandberg. London and New York: Routledge.

  • Rutherford, S., Thorpe, J. & Sandberg, L.A. 2016. “Introduction: Challenges and Opportunities in Nature-Culture and Environmental History Research.” In Methodological Challenges in Nature-Culture and Environmental History Research, edited by Jocelyn Thorpe, Stephanie Rutherford and L. Anders Sandberg. London and New York: Routledge.

  • Rutherford, S. & Thorpe, J. 2010. “Framing Problems, Finding Solutions.” (revised version of “National Natures” listed above). In L. A. and T. A. Sandberg, eds.  From Climate Change to Chilly Climates: Copenhagen, Cochabamba and Beyond, 119–129. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Magazine articles, opinion essays, and other writing

Media interviews and podcasts

  • Interview on CBC Ontario Morning, “Host Allison Devereaux speaks with Canadian Award- Winning Author, Stephanie Rutherford, about Canada's Relationship with Wolves and Why She Chose to Focus on the Iconic Animal in her New Book.” December 18, 2024.

  • Interview on New Books Network, “New Books in Animal Studies: Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin.” December 18, 2024. Interview with Alex Schummer for The Peterborough Examiner, “Trent prof wins Canada Prizes award; given to recognize impactful scholarly books.” December 12, 2024.

  • Interview for Peterborough Currents, “Mapping project shines a light on environmental harm.” Dec 6, 2024. https://peterboroughcurrents.ca/newsletters/local-snapshots-ofenvironmental-harm-plus-more-events/m

  • Interview on The Fur-Bearers Defenders Radio with Nicole Murphy, “Perceptions of Urban Coyotes in Ontario.” May 27, 2024. https://thefurbearers.com/blog/defenderradio/perceptions-of-urban-coyotes-in-ontario-with-nicole-murphy-dr-stephanierutherford/

  • Interview on The Fur-Bearers Defenders Radio with Dr. Valli-Laurente Fraser-Celin, “Are Canadians afraid of the big, bad wolf?” November 13, 2023. https://thefurbearers.com/blog/defender-radio/are-canadians-afraid-of-the-big-badwolf/

  • Interview on Witness to Yesterday podcast (Champlain Society), “A wolf’s howl: A social history of wolves in Canada,” episode 200, November 28, 2002.

  • Interview on CBC Sunday Magazine, “We discover the role of wolves in nation building.” June 5, 2022.

  • Interview with Kamea Chayne. 2021. “Stephanie Rutherford: Illuminating how power shapes our relationships with nature”. Green Dreamer Podcast, ep 301.

    Interview with Jennifer O’Meara, “Making a safe space for wolves in Clarington” DurhamRegion.com, October 21, 2020,