Actor info
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Name :
Melanie Joy
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Born :
September 2, 1966 (60 years old)
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
5 films (2013–2024)
Biography
Melanie Joy is an American social psychologist and author, primarily notable for coining and promulgating the term carnism.[1] She is the founding president of nonprofit advocacy group Beyond Carnism, previously known as Carnism Awareness & Action Network (CAAN),[2] as well as a former professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston.[3] She has published the books Strategic Action for Animals, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows and Beyond Beliefs.
Notable films
- I Could Never Go Vegan (2024) as Self - Social Psychologist & Author(as Dr. Melanie Joy)
- Empathy (2017) as Melanie Joy
- Food Choices (2016) as Self - Psychology and Sociology Professor
- In the Name of the Animals (2016)
- Live and Let Live (2013) as Self - Sociologist & Psychologist
