other academics were less sure that a new field had been created. in 2016 fabio parasecoli said he was "not sure if wright's intention to open a whole new field of inquiry and scholarship will come to fruition, but she definitely offers many arguments that deserve attention and reflection." in 2018 josh milburn said he would if given the opportunity teach a course on vegan studies, but that he remained "unsure whether there truly is a literature sufficiently "unified" to be labelled a new discipline.