Carrie Packwood Freeman, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Georgia State University. She researches communication strategies for social justice movements as well as the media's coverage of animal agribusiness and veganism. Her master's thesis analyzed the media's construction of farmed animals, and her doctoral dissertation examines how AR organizations construct values related to animal welfare and animal rights in vegetarian campaigns. She's been active in the movement for almost two decades and has run local grassroots groups in Florida, Georgia, and Oregon.