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DESCRIPTION:Please join the Animal Law Program as it hosts a webinar that w
 ill focus on helping animal lawyers\, scholars\, and students access and e
 mploy information and expertise from the social sciences (sociology\, econ
 omics\, anthropology\, comparative psychology\, ethology\, etc.). This ses
 sion will serve as an introduction to the basic terms\, concepts\, and res
 ources used in the social sciences that may be relevant to animal advocacy
 .\n\nTopics will include assessing different types of social science resea
 rch\; determining the strength of studies and how and when to use social s
 cience appropriately in animal advocacy\; finding and working with expert 
 witnesses and affiants\; critical thinking about scientific claims\; the p
 olitical landscape of the sciences\; how to involve scientists early on in
  strategizing\; and more. \n\nSpeakers\n\nLori Marino is a neuroscientist 
 and expert in animal behavior and intelligence\, formerly on the faculty o
 f Emory University.\n\nLori received her Ph.D. in biopsychology in 1995\, 
 and is internationally known for her work on the evolution of the brain an
 d intelligence in dolphins and whales (as well as primates and farmed anim
 als). She has published over 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers\, book ch
 apters\, and magazine articles on marine mammal biology and cognition\, co
 mparative brain anatomy\, self-awareness in nonhuman animals\, human-nonhu
 man animal relationships\, and the evolution of intelligence.\n\nShe is al
 so an expert on marine mammal captivity issues such as dolphin assisted th
 erapy and the educational claims of the zoo and aquarium industry.\n\nIn 2
 001\, she co-authored a ground-breaking study offering the first conclusiv
 e evidence for mirror self-recognition in bottlenose dolphins\, after whic
 h she decided against further research with captive animals.\n\nLori is al
 so the Founder and Executive Director of The Kimmela Center for Animal Adv
 ocacy\, which focuses on bridging the gap between academic research and sc
 holarship and on-the-ground animal advocacy efforts.\n\nShe has appeared i
 n several films and television programs\, including the 2013 documentary B
 lackfish about killer whale captivity\, Unlocking the Cage\, the 2016 docu
 mentary on the Nonhuman Rights Project\, and Long Gone Wild \, the 2019 do
 cumentary that picks up where Blackfish left off and the work of the Whale
  Sanctuary Project begins.\n\nDr. Jo Anderson is the Research Director at 
 Faunalytics\, where she directs a program of social science research desig
 ned to help advocates be more successful. In addition\, she serves as a co
 -leader of the RECAP researcher collective\, a research advisor to the Foo
 d System Research Fund and Good Growth Co.\, and an Adjunct Research Profe
 ssor at Carleton University.\n\nKathy Hessler is the inaugural Assistant D
 ean for Animal Legal Education at George Washington University Law School 
 (GWU)\, and Director of the Animal Legal Education Initiative (ALEI)\, wor
 king with Joan Schaffner and Iselin Gambert\, in a program made possible b
 y generous support from ALDF.\n\nDean Hessler has been a clinical law prof
 essor for 30 years and has been teaching animal law for 22 years. She is t
 he first law professor hired to teach animal law full-time. She received h
 er JD from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and 
 Mary and her LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.\n\nDean Hessler he
 lped develop the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School
  (L&C). For fourteen years she taught there and directed the Animal Law Cl
 inic\, which was named one of the top fifteen most innovative clinics in 2
 015. She also created and directed the Aquatic Animal Law Initiative and i
 s the co-founder of World Aquatic Animal Day along with Amy P. Wilson.
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SUMMARY:Social Science 101 for Lawyers
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