About the Author
Emily trained as an animal psychologist (PhD) at University of Waikato and Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. She conducted extensive research into the welfare of animals, including studying the environmental preferences of rats and the emotional expressions of pigs. She particularly enjoys working with veterinary professionals to advance animal welfare, which was a focus of her previous role as an animal welfare scientist at the AVMA as well as in her current role as a director of research at the ASPCA. Emily is a coauthor of The Sciences of Animal Welfare (2008) and Rethinking the Animal Rights Movement (2022) and is currently working on an introductory undergraduate textbook on the subject of animal welfare science.