Carrie P. Freeman, Ph.D. is Professor of Communication at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Focusing on the cultural route to social change through media, she studies representation and strategic communication for activists, specializing in food and vegan issues, animal and environmental protection, along with media ethics and values-based moral messaging.  She publishes work about and teaches media ethics, activist communication, environmental communication, and critical animal studies.  She’s currently working on a wildlife coexistence book in UNESCO World Heritage Site regions to support compassionate conservation and Half-Earth biodiversity initiatives.  Her award-winning books include The Human Animal Earthling (UGA, 2020) which was named 2021 “Book Most Likely to Save the Planet” (tied with Jo-Anne McArthur’s book Hidden).  She is co-creator and co-author of the first media style guidelines for animal representation at https://animalsandmedia.org/.  Since 2010, she has co-hosted "In Tune to Nature," an eco radio program and podcast on Radio Free Georgia. She earned her Ph.D. in Communication & Society from the University of Oregon, an M.A. in Media Studies from the University of Georgia and a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida.