Dr. Melanie Joy is a Harvard-educated psychologist, international speaker, organizational consultant, trainer, and relationship coach. She is the author of the award-winning book "Why
We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism", as well as "Strategic
Action for Animals" and the award-winning book "Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving
Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters". Dr. Joy has
developed and implemented vegan advocacy trainings for more than a decade, and she
specializes in effective communication, organizational leadership, the psychology of social
change, interpersonal relationships, and preventing and treating burnout. She has trained vegan
advocates and given her acclaimed carnism presentation on six continents and her work has
been featured in major media outlets around the world. Dr. Joy is the eighth recipient of the
Ahimsa Award – previously given to the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela – for her work on
global nonviolence, as well as the Empty Cages Prize – previously given to Tom Regan – for
her contribution to furthering the cause of animal rights, and the Peter Singer Prize for strategies
to reduce the suffering of animals, and the video of her recent TEDx talk on carnism is in the top
1% of the most-viewed TEDx talks of all time. Dr. Joy is also the founding president of the
charitable organization, Beyond Carnism, a co-founder of ProVeg International, and the
co-director of the Center for Effective Vegan Advocacy (CEVA).
presentation:
Vegan communication: The problem and the promise
