Speakers

Video Contributors

• Greger Larson

  Dr. Greger Larson is the Director of Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network at the University of Oxford. His research interests include evolutionary genomics, ancient DNA, domestication, human & animal dispersal, and phylogenetics.

• Aki Inomata

  Aki Inomata is an artist and designer. Focusing on how the act of “making” is not exclusive to mankind, Aki Inomata develops the process of collaboration with living creatures into artworks. She presents what is born out of her interactions with living creatures as well as the relationship between humans and animals.

• Lori Gruen

  Lori Gruen is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University where she coordinates Wesleyan Animal Studies. She is also Professor of Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Science in Society. Her research lies at the intersection of ethical theory, political philosophy, and social practice.

• Sarah Mayorga- Gallo

  Sarah Mayorga is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research interests are racial and ethnic inequality, urban neighborhoods, and Latinx migration. Her current research agenda focuses on whiteness and power within multiracial spaces.

• Kade Crockford

  Kade Crockford is the Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts. Crockford works to protect and expand core First and Fourth Amendment rights and civil liberties in the digital 21st century, focusing on how systems of surveillance and control impact not just the society in general but their primary targets—people of color, Muslims, immigrants, and dissidents.

• Claire Jean Kim

  Claire Jean Kim is Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies. Kim is the author of the book, Dangerous Crossings: Race, Species, and Nature in a Multicultural Age, and her research interests are comparative race studies, race theory and politics, social movements, human-animal studies.

• Revital Cohen

  Revital Cohen is a designer and researcher. She develops critical objects and provocative scenarios exploring the juxtaposition of the natural with the artificial. Her work spans across various media and includes collaborations with scientists, animal breeders and medical consultants.

• Maneesha Deckha

  Maneesha Deckha is Professor and Lansdowne Chair in Law at the University of Victoria. Her research interests include critical animal studies, animal law, critical food studies, postcolonial theory, feminist theory, health law, and reproductive law and policy.