Join us for a special event on July 19…
The current political climate has left many feeling disempowered as we witness the dismantling of significant government oversight and structure. This is further compounded by the Avian Flu crisis and its impact on the food system.
The Humane Hoax Project will host a panel of experts who will examine the current crisis, navigate the political turmoil, and discuss the effects on farmed animals and the food industry. Mark your calendars and register for free.
Panelist Details
John Sanbonmastsu, PhD, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts and a charismatic, internationally recognized authority in animal ethics. He is the author of The Postmodern Prince and editor of the book Critical Theory and Animal Liberation. His latest book, The Omnivore’s Deception, offers a bold new way of thinking about human purpose in the context of our troubled relations with animals and food.
Kathryn Gillespie, PhD, is a writer and researcher dedicated to uncovering the harms done to animals in industrial and so-called "humane" systems of production. She is VP of Research and Strategy at Farm Forward and Associate Director for the Center for Food Systems Transformations at the University of San Diego. She is the author of The Cow with Ear Tag #1389 (University of Chicago Press, 2018), a book about the lives of cows in the U.S. dairy industry. Her forthcoming book, The Sound of Feathers: Attentive Living in a World Beyond Ourselves (Duke University Press, 2026), explores the everyday relationships of harm and care between humans and other animals in a range of contexts, from animals caught up in food production spaces, to those used in biomedical research, killed on roads, and eradicated as pests.
Vasile Stanescu, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Chair of Communication at Mercer University. He received his Ph.D. in the program of Modern Thought and Literature (MTL) at Stanford University. Stanescu’s research focuses on greenwashing by animal agribusiness, critiques of humane meat, in vitro meat, and consumerist options for social change. He is the author of numerous publications on the study of animals and the environment including publications in the Journal of American Culture, Rhetoric of Health & Medicine, the American Behavioral Scientist, Liberazioni – Rivista di critica antispecista [Liberations-Anti-Specieist Criticisms], and Animal Studies Journal. Stanescu is also the co-founder of the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies (NAACAS).