Melanie Joy

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.

Known For

I Could Never Go Vegan

Food Choices

Live and Let Live

Empathy

In the Name of the Animals

All Movies (5)

• I Could Never Go Vegan2024 · as Self - Social Psychologist & Author(as Dr. Melanie Joy)
• Empathy2017 · as Melanie Joy
• In the Name of the Animals2016
• Food Choices2016 · as Self - Psychology and Sociology Professor
• Live and Let Live2013 · as Self - Sociologist & Psychologist